Meet your Audiologist
Dr. Anga Lao is dedicated to helping you hear your best. As a true hearing doctor with over 16 years of experience treating hearing loss at premier clinics in the San Francisco Bay area, Dr. Lao holds a Doctorate in Audiology, with a special interest in hearing aid fittings.
Dr. Lao draws on broad experience providing diagnostic and rehabilitative audiologic services to adult patients, with the goal to ensure that individual priorities are met while maximizing health benefits and quality of life for every patient. Although services are limited to adult audiologic evaluations and hearing aid options at Precision Hearing, inc, she draws from a breadth of knowledge including complex vestibular disorders, congenital audiologic/otologic disorders and pediatric audiology.
Dr. Lao was formerly a Senior Audiologist at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF Medical Center) and the Lead Audiologist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where she practiced for nearly a decade. She has also conducted and co-authored published research on topics of amplification and pediatrics.
Dr. Lao currently holds a part-time position at the University of the Pacific as a clinical faculty member and clinical supervisor. She has trained and taught 8 cohorts of student doctors of audiology.
Lastly, Dr. Lao has entered the world of tech and startup, consulting with IYO - a startup spun out of Google X - Moonshot Factory. Their newest launch IYO One is a game changer & she's incredibly excited to help in this journey.
EDUCATION:
University of Pittsburgh: Master of Arts (M.A.), Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.)
University of Washington: Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
University of the Pacific, San Francisco CA: Pediatric Audiology and Comprehensive Differential Diagnosis in Audiology
Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing China: Visiting Scholar
University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand: Amplification Teaching Assistant
All Ears Cambodia, Phnom Penh Cambodia: Visiting Scholar
LICENSURE:
California State Audiology Hearing Aid Dispensing License
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Academy of Audiology
American Auditory Society
California Academy of Audiology
CERTIFICATE:
American Board of Audiology Certificate Holder - Audiology Preceptor (CH-AP)