NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Hearing Instrument Specialist in Kentucky

172 NPPES records list hearing instrument specialist with a practice address in Kentucky, 3.8 per 100,000 residents, the 18th highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 4 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 237700000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Louisville has the most, 28

  1. Louisville28
  2. Lexington16
  3. Paducah11
  4. Bowling Green9
  5. Madisonville8

Hearing Instrument Specialist records in Kentucky

  1. Michael StonePaducah, KY 420011427622778
  2. Emily SydowOwensboro, KY 423011295318350
  3. Corine Tallman, HISHestand, KY 421511376235077
  4. Aaron Thomas, MS, HISMiddlesboro, KY 409651417823451
  5. Greg ThompsonOwensboro, KY 423011841543790
  6. Guy TiekeErlanger, KY 410181144939844
  7. Trenka TinglerHopkinsville, KY 422401467797068
  8. Kelly Toon, HISJeffersontown, KY 402991669949004
  9. Blake TrueLexington, KY 405031477369304
  10. Evgeniya TsukanovichPaducah, KY 420011518612787
  11. Claude TudorOwensboro, KY 423031396234464
  12. Elizabeth Vickery, BC-HISMadisonville, KY 424311881170918
  13. Gary Vitali, ED.D., NBCVersailles, KY 403831972050854
  14. Joseph WallenLouisville, KY 402221104506757
  15. Melinda Walters, HISMt Sterling, KY 403531154059533
  16. Timothy White, HISLexington, KY 405031013525153
  17. Anthony WilsonMadisonville, KY 424311356807697
  18. Paul Wimp, HEARING INSTRUMENT SElizabethtown, KY 427011083806996
  19. Paula Winchester, MACorbin, KY 407011235574575
  20. Amanda Wingfield, HISLexington, KY 405041487154522
  21. Michael WorleyCold Spring, KY 410761447960497
  22. Rebecca Zumbrum Van Zant, HISLondon, KY 407411063955664

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 237700000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 18 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana4.1
  2. Idaho4.0
  3. North Dakota4.0
  4. Kentucky3.8
  5. New Mexico3.7
  6. Arizona3.6
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 237700000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Kentucky0.6%
  2. United States0.1%

Hearing Instrument Specialist records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 172 · 0.6% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 0.6% here, 0.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more107 · 62.2% here, 65.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 237700000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

172 NPPES records list hearing instrument specialist (237700000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 3.8 per 100,000 residents against 3.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 28 of them (16%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Tennessee173
  2. South Carolina181
  3. Colorado184
  4. Alabama150

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Mexico3.7
  2. North Dakota4.0
  3. Arizona3.6
  4. Washington3.6

The largest states

  1. Florida1,129
  2. California994
  3. Texas828
  4. Pennsylvania447
  5. Illinois408

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.