Ann Kelly Hearing
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Call  01 668 44 38
85 Upper Leeson St, Dublin 4, D04 W5K8

Meet The Team

Kelly Hearing is a patient-centred private diagnostic hearing clinic. Established in 1993 by Ann Kelly in a Victorian building in South Dublin, our clinical team includes Ann Kelly, Rhea Finnegan and Monica Araunjo.

Ann Kelly

Ann Kelly

M.I.A.A., B.A., F.I.S.H.A.A., F.B.S.H.A.A., B.A.A.

Ann has over twenty year's experience in diagnostic Audiology and hearing aid fitting. Having qualified from the International School of Audiology in London she worked at Beaumont Hospital and the former Adelaide, Meath and National Children’s Hospital (now Tallaght Hospital) before setting up her own practice in Upper Leeson Street.

Ann continued to study completing both membership and fellowship exams of the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists. She was secretary of the former Irish Society of Audiology (now Irish Academy of Audiology) for many years.

In the past, Ann has lectured on Audiology to Trinity College Dublin Medical School students, to Dublin Institute of Technology, on Industrial Audiology courses, and at St. Bricken’s Military Hospital Dublin for the Defense Forces.

She has fellowship of the Irish and British Societies of Hearing Aid Audiologists, is a member of the Irish Academy of Audiology, British Society of Audiology and the British Academy of Audiology keeping her research and education up to date.

Rhea Finnegan

Rhea Finnegan

Rhea graduated from University College Cork in 2017 with an MSc in Audiology. Prior to her audiology career, in 2014 she gained a BA in arts with psychological studies from the University of Galway. Throughout her MSc, Rhea gained experience working with both adult and paediatric populations in HSE settings throughout Ireland. She then went on to work in private audiology for the next 6 years. As part of her MSc, Rhea conducted research investigating the barriers to education for Deaf and hard of hearing students in third level educational institutions. Rhea is particularly passionate about enhancing the quality of life through intervention for patients experiencing hearing loss.

Monica Araunjo

Monica Araunjo

Monica qualified in 2018 with a BA in Speech and Hearing Therapy (with distinction) from Wits University in South Africa. She went on to complete her community service at Pholosong Hospital where she practiced audiology with paediatric and adult populations. In 2019, she presented her honours research on autism spectrum disorder, at the South African Speech Language and Hearing Association conference in Durban. Monica then moved to private practice, where she worked together with Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists, at the Ear and Eye Clinic. She was awarded the Post-Graduate Merit Award from Wits University and graduated with her Master of Arts in Audiology, in July 2023. Monica and her husband moved to Ireland in August 2023, and are happily living here now.

About Kelly Hearing

First Consultant Approved Service in Ireland

Higher standards of audiological and customer care are assured in a Consultant Approved Service. We were delighted to be accredited as the first Consultant Approved Service in Ireland, external international assessors audited all aspects of our service which gives you the reassurance that we always follow best international practice.