A Message from the Founder

Dr. Emily Camacho, Au.D., CCC-A , founder and principal consultant of Always Accessible Hearing Solutions.

I’m a licensed Doctor of Audiology with over a decade of experience spanning across direct patient care, program management, and implantable hearing devices. I’m fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), culturally grounded in D/deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) communities, and committed to removing barriers that far too often go unseen. My work is grounded in evidence-based practice, lived reality, and empathy, because meaningful, systemic change requires all three.

I founded Always Accessible Hearing Solutions to serve as a bridge between intention and implementation.

For DHH individuals and their families, I provide strategic, personalized support that strengthens self-advocacy, builds confidence, and brings clarity to systems that can feel overwhelming. You deserve guidance from someone who understands the journey firsthand.

For organizations, I help transition accessibility from good intentions into embedded culture. Together, we will identify unseen barriers, design sustainable solutions, and create environments where DHH individuals are included by design.

Feeling heard changes lives. Providing access changes lives. I’ve lived that truth. Now I build it - intentionally, collaboratively, and authentically.

I’m so glad you’re here, and I look forward to working with you.

Emily J. Camacho, Au.D., CCC-A

Access, or lack thereof, shaped my life long before it became my profession.

I’m the patient at the audiology appointment. The student. The employee. The consumer advocating for access in classrooms, at conferences, and in live event spaces. Before I became an audiologist and consultant, I was a long-term hearing aid user who would later choose to become a cochlear implant recipient. My experiences didn’t just influence my career, they defined it.

Navigating a world that doesn’t always know how to provide access isn’t easy. I know the exhaustion of carrying the constant responsibility of explaining my needs (and offering gentle reminders - because we are human, after all). I understand the emotional fatigue that can come with self-advocacy and frustration of feeling overlooked.

But I also know the life-changing impact of being fully included. Of hearing someone say, “I see you. I understand. Let’s fix this.” I know what it feels like to be in environments where access was built in from the very start. That difference matters.