Dr. Rush grew up in Long Island, NY. She completed her bachelor of science degree at Texas Woman’s University (TWU). Afterwards, she completed her doctorate of audiology degree at the University of North Texas (UNT).

Dr. Rush always knew that she wanted a career that involves helping people every day. While she initially considered nursing, she soon realized it wasn’t the right fit for her. In high school, she took sign language and really connected with it. This sparked her interest in working with individuals who have hearing loss.

Additionally, her sister was born with hearing loss, and this made audiology feel personal to her. Deciding on an audiology career combined her passion for helping others with a connection to her own family, and since deciding at 16 years old, Dr. Rush hasn’t looked back!

Most days at Denton Hearing Health Care, Dr. Rush switches between doing comprehensive hearing and/or balance assessments, fitting and adjusting hearing aids, and doing other procedures such as cerumen removal or earmold impressions. In between patients, she documents reports and notes, and coordinates with the other audiologists to keep patient care seamless.

Dr. Rush likes that no day is ever the same at the clinic. The variety of patients she sees makes each day a new opportunity for her to help someone. She works with patients of all ages and walks of life.

Dr. Rush finds it very rewarding to see the outcomes and hear her patients’ success stories. She says she always tells them, “My job is to help you hear better when you leave here than when you came in.” She loves helping them hear sounds they have missed for years so they don’t have to keep asking people to repeat themselves and can enjoy the conversations they’re part of.

Dr. Rush loves that her patients trust her enough to share stories about their families and their personal lives. She also loves that they ask about her own family and kids and that they ask to see pictures of them!

Outside of work, being a mom is Dr. Rush’s favorite job. She has an 11-month-old son named Ford and a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter named Summer. She loves getting to spend time with them, her husband Justin, and their families.

Her favorite activity to do outside of work is CrossFit. She and her husband have been doing CrossFit for five years. A fun fact about Dr. Rush is that she is a former collegiate gymnast. She competed in gymnastics at TWU and was a part of two back-to-back National Championship teams.