Dr. Laura Pratesi, Au.D., was born with progressive hearing loss and was first identified as being hard of hearing at age 5 years old. She attended Auburn University where she was fit with her first hearing aid by a classmate. She changed her major to Audiology, and (as of 2012) was the youngest person to graduate from Auburn's Doctor of Audiology program. Dr. Laura performed her fourth year internship at Columbus Speech and Hearing Center in Columbus, Georgia. Upon graduation, she worked at the largest ENT practice in the state of GA before relocating to central Florida with her family in 2014. She opened Citrus Hearing Clinic LLC on April 1st, 2018.