Dr. Shari Beams is an Audiologist with a Doctorate in Audiology who has been serving our community for over 25 years. Audiologists are hearing health care professionals. Audiologists can help to diagnose causes and types of hearing losses and assist in determining which are medically treatable by an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Physician and which losses need to be treated in some other method. Audiologists also can assist in the assessment of balance disorders. Dr. Beams is trained in the assessment and diagnosis of hearing loss, the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids, hearing protection devices, and other personalized ear plugs, as well as follow-up care and repair of hearing aids. She works with individuals with hearing loss from school-aged children through geriatric and focuses on providing informative, caring, and comprehensive services to her patients. Dr. Beams attends various professional meetings throughout the year to keep current with hearing aid technology.
Dr. Beams received a Bachelor of Science in Audiology and Speech Sciences, a Master of Science in Audiology, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Audiology, all from Purdue University. Dr. Beams has been a licensed Audiologist since 1993. She has worked in Lafayette, Indiana in an ENT practice, and in Corpus Christi with ENT practices as well. Dr. Beams also taught in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, serving as a program director for 14 years. She taught courses in Audiology, Anatomy of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism, and Speech and Hearing Science at the undergraduate level and graduate courses in Aural Rehabilitation, Neuroscience, and Advanced Audiology. Dr. Beams is licensed to practice as an Audiologist by the Texas Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. She has given presentations at state and national meetings and has been invited to talk at local organizations in the Corpus Christi area. Dr. Beams is committed to providing quality hearing care for all of her patients.
