Roxanna Massoodnia, AuD

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Get to know Audiologist Dr. Roxanna Massoodnia, who serves patients in Huntington Beach, California.

A knowledgeable vertigo & ear specialist, Dr. Massoodnia is the Founder of Seaside Audiology in Huntington Beach, California. 

Her specialties include diagnostic hearing evaluation, tinnitus evaluation & earwax removal; vestibular diagnostics for dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, neuro-visual dysfunction & other disorders related to the ear or associated neural pathways; precise treatment for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) treatment using the TRV Chair; Prescriptive Hearing Aid (HA) fitting and follow-up; and Vestibular Rehabilitation (VR), behavioral hearing aid programming, nutritional science.

To deliver high-caliber care across the spectrum of ear disorders, Dr. Massoodnia utilizes an integrated, patient-centered approach and the most recent medical advancements. To uncover the root of the issue, she strives to understand patients as a whole through active listening and thoughtful questioning, rather than viewing them as a sum of their symptoms. 

This enables Dr. Massoodnia to extract subtle and seemingly-unrelated details from clinical history to shed light on a patient’s current symptoms while using cutting-edge technology to identify peripheral ear dysfunction or central dysfunction, along neural pathways beyond the ear. The ultimate goal is to improve a patient’s quality of life and functionality, which is optimized through a multi-disciplinary and patient-focused approach conducted with evidence-based methods.

In regards to her educational background, Dr. Massoodnia graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She then went on to earn her Doctor of Audiology degree from the University of Washington.

Certified, she holds the ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), a nationally recognized professional credential that represents a level of excellence in the field of Audiology (CCC-A) or Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP).

A specialist with the Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA), Dr. Massoodnia is also an active member of the American Academy of Audiology, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO).

Audiology is a branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Audiologists treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage. By employing various testing strategies, they aim to determine whether someone has normal sensitivity to sounds. 

Throughout her career, Dr. Massoodnia has conducted professional presentations / invited talks, including: Keynote Speaker along with Dr. Kamran Barin, Dr. Ian Purcell, Dr. Dan Dupont Hougaard, Dr. Gerard Gianoli and Dr. Alexandra Guseva; The Role of TRV Repositioning Chairs in Diagnosis & Treatment of BPPV. Annual Interacoustics Balance Quest, August 13, 2021, Rosemont, Illinois; and Research Poster Presentation – Development of Hair Cell Phenotype and Calyx Nerve Terminals in the Neonatal Mouse Utricle (2019, Massoodnia, Warhol, Pujol, Cox & Stone). Poster presented at 2018 Annual Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter Conference, February 2018, San Diego, California.

On a more personal note, she speaks several languages, including English, Spanish & Persian (Farsi).

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