Our Staff

David Everitt enjoys working with patients of all ages and works to meet each patient where they are in their journey to better hearing. As a certified clinical audiologist, David is proficient in all aspects of hearing healthcare including diagnostic evaluations, aural rehabilitation and patient/family counseling. David knows that understanding the listening needs of each patient is critical to developing a success treatment plan. He believes knowledge is the key to success and strives to educate and counsel his patients about hearing loss, amplification options and overall realistic goals and expectations. His favorite part of being an audiologist is developing ongoing professional relationships with patients and seeing the quality of life improvements that result from successful hearing aid fittings. David received his master’s degree in communicative disorders from Brigham Young University in 1981 and has more than 35 years of experience in hearing healthcare. He joined the Shea Hearing Aid Center team in 2003. David believes working for Dr. John J. Shea, Jr. has been the greatest experience in his vast career. “Every day is a learning opportunity and no challenge is too great with the wonderful group of physicians and staff at the Shea Clinic and Shea Hearing Aid Center.”

Since 1999, Melissa Blakeman has been helping thousands of patients along their journey to better hearing. Licensed by the state of Tennessee, Melissa’s journey to assist the hearing impaired was influenced by her family’s history of hearing loss. Melissa joined the Shea Hearing Aid Center in 2004, bringing her passionate commitment to quality hearing care. She finds it extremely rewarding to see the smiles she puts on her patients and the bigger smiles she puts on her patients’ families’ faces. Through surveys, Melissa has been noted to have one of the nation’s highest patient satisfactions and as such, receives many referrals from those she has served. She believes a hearing loss is much more noticeable than a hearing aid. She is committed to guiding her patients along their roads to better hearing starting with their initial evaluations and continuing throughout their personalized rehabilitation processes. From meeting the patient for the first time, to conducting a complete hearing evaluation, the patient is left with only one conclusion, that they have come to the right place. Testing, fitting, service and follow-up, are all conducted with compassion and integrity.

John Gross has served as the Administrator for the Shea Ear Clinic since April, 2001. He is directly responsible for the day-to-day operations and financial oversight of the practice, including the ambulatory surgery center, the hearing aid business and all ancillary divisions. Mr. Gross previously served as a senior analyst in the healthcare management consulting branch of Deloitte & Touche and as Chief Financial Officer of Pointe Coupee General Hospital. Mr. Gross earned his Accounting degree from Louisiana State University in 1983 and is a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He has over 25 years of healthcare finance and administrative experience. He currently serves on the Leadership Council of the Association of Otolaryngology Administrators as the Program Chairperson for their national conference. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf and the Mid-South Chapter of the American Red Cross. He has been recognized as one of Memphis’ annual “Power Players” for the last decade.

Joyce Ivie joined Shea Hearing Aid Center in 2009. Joyce holds a B.S. in Business Administration. She enjoys helping patients with their hearing healthcare needs while creating a welcoming environment for each patient. She hopes to make a difference in someone’s life every day and believes that every single individual is important.