Meet the Doctors

About Hearing Loss

There is a high correlation between vision loss and hearing loss in our older patients and doubly negative effect of two sensory deficits occurring at the same time in many of our senior patients.

Hearing Services


As with any medical condtion, the earlier a hearing loss is detected and treated, the greater the chances are for a successful rehabilitation. Our Facility is equipped to provide comprehensive. state-of-the-art audiometeric evaluation.

Audiologist Kristen Ashwell grew up in rural South Dakota and received her BS from South Dakota State University with a degree in Speech Pathology. She then went on to University of South Dakota and received an MA in Audiology.  

After interning in a private practice and at the South Dakota School for the Deaf, she worked as an audiologist for Madison Hospital in Madison, MN for 5 years.  In December of 2005, she went to work for a private practice, and had an office in Hutchinson, MN, until joining MN Eye Consultants.

Kristen and her family, husband Mark and children Madisyn,  Harrison, and Molly enjoy bike riding, soccer, and watching movies.

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