"Hearing Aid Services Incorporated cares about your hearing. We’ve been delivering custom hearing device fittings since 1969 and now have four convenient locations throughout the northern Shenandoah Valley. We provide precision in-office hearing exams that will help you determine if you are hearing all you could. More than just a retailer of hearing devices, Hearing Aid services will go that extra step to deliver that the same high quality service regardless of the device you require. We even offer home visits and testing to accommodate your busy schedule or lifestyle. Because we specialize in hearing tests and hearing devices we have the expertise to help you. We’ll provide you with the personal care that you just can get elsewhere. So don’t purchase a hearing aid without a precision in-office hearing test at Hearing Aid Services Incorporated. We also carry a full line of accessories and batteries to keep your device working properly, so you’ll continue to hear all you should. Offices in Winchester, Woodstock, Front Royal and Strasburg."

Here's What Our Clients Have To Say!

Mr. Ed M. of Woodstock, VA says: "Several years ago some of my family and friends called my attention to the fact that my hearing loss was getting worse - I had to have the TV so loud that other people could hardly stay in the room. Also, the “what did you says” were getting more frequent. they urged me to take a hearing test at Hearing Aid Services. I took their advice and found them to be very caring and professional, and anxious to be of service. Thanks to my friends, and Hearing Aid Services, my quality of life is much better and our home is much quieter and happier. If you have a hearing loss, let Hearing Aid Services tell you how they can improve your quality of life."

Mrs. Mary D. of Harpers Ferry, WV says: "On my very first visit I found that it is possible to have an aid adjusted to the very best extent of hearing for each patient. There are other things afforded for us here that I have not heard about at any other place. For example, insurance on aids at a reasonable price, battery club - cleaning of aids whenever desired, and, maybe the most important, a check up at least once a year. (All this seems to me to be so much better than purchasing an aid from one’s living room!) Somehow, I always feel better each time I visit."

Mr. Wilbur J. of Winchester, Va. says: "Wearing hearing aids tells others that I care about what they say. I want to catch those speeches, concerts, and key words that sometimes fall out before reaching my ears. I particularly like the fully automatic in-the-ear aids fitted at Hearing Aid Services, Inc. because of their ability to buffer overriding and extraneous noise, whether it be machinery, a noisy restaurant, kitchen clatter, or several people speaking at once."

Our Hearing People

Allen Thomas (1927 – 1998) began practicing in Washington, D.C. in September, 1958. In 1966 he moved to Winchester, Virginia and founded Hearing Aid Services, Inc., to better serve the Northern Shenandoah Valley from Hagerstown, Maryland to New Market, Virginia. He devoted his life to helping people hear better. He was instrumental in the development of the Virginia Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and the continuation of the licensing procedures and professional ethics of our industry. He held memberships in the Virginia Society of Hearing Aid Specialists, serving as President for several terms, the West Virginia Hearing Aid Society, The Otometric Society of America, and was honored as a thirty-thirty-year member of the International Hearing Society.

Martha Artz-Cain B.C. - H.I.S - joined the practice in December, 1978 and was licensed in Virginia and West Virginia in 1981. After Allen’s semi-retirement in 1993, she became President of the Corporation. Wishing to continue the work started by Allen, she has maintained the high standards he developed for the Company. This includes working closely with the manufacturers and supervising the fittings done in all four offices to ensure the quality each patient deserves. She became Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences in 1999 and was elected Secretary of the Virginia Society of Hearing Aid Specialists. She also holds memberships in the West Virginia Hearing Aid Society and the International Hearing Society.

Cynthia Berrane Hearing Instrument Specialist - has over 30 years of experience in the art of fitting and counseling the hearing impaired. She has the latest training in digital technology and has worked with several major manufacturers of hearing instruments. As well as being licensed as a Hearing Instrument Specialist in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, she is also a member of the Virginia Society of Hearing Aid Specialists and the International Hearing Society. When she joined the staff of Hearing Aid Services in 1995 the Company was able to expand its services to include in-home testing and fitting and add the Front Royal office.

Nancy C. (Tootie) Rinker, M.Ed. CCC-A. began her Audiology career in 1978, working the last 10 years in occupational hearing conservation. She holds degrees from Madison College and the University of Virginia and completed her clinical fellowship at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. She expanded the services offered to the local industries for OSHA required annual audiometric evaluations as well as sound booth measurements, sound booth noise level measurements, and audiometric calibration reports. In addition, she also works with clients in testing, fitting, counseling of hearing aids. She holds a VA state license and is certified by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association as a Audiologist. A long time resident of Frederick County, Rinker is a member of the Winchester Rotary Club and Newtown Heritage Festival.

Travis King joined the practice in 2008. A 1993 graduate of George Mason University, he received his bachelor’s degree in Biology. He and his wife, Dr. Julie King, moved to our community when she joined a medical practice in Winchester. Travis’s full-time job is a stay at home Dad where he coaches soccer and is a cub scout leader.