Vlad Gutierrez, BC-HIS, CDP

Board Certified In Hearing Instrument Sciences

Vlad Gutierrez, BC‑HIS, is a Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist with a background in sound engineering and more than two decades of experience in hearing care. Originally from Venezuela, he studied audio engineering in Caracas and completed advanced sound technology training in Barcelona, where he also worked for a hearing aid manufacturer and developed expertise in hearing technology production and service.

Upon moving to the United States with his wife, Vlad established himself in Portland, Oregon, where he trained at a hearing clinic and obtained his license as a Hearing Instrument Specialist. In 2004, he co-founded Mt. Hood Hearing, where his extensive education, training, and certifications have been pivotal to the practice's success.

Vlad is Nationally Board Certified through the International Hearing Society, Tinnitus Care Provider Certified, and a Certified Dementia Care Practitioner. He also serves as the current president of the Oregon Hearing Society and is a board member of Oregon's Advisory Council on Hearing Aids.

Vlad trains directly with Dr. Keith Darrow, Ph.D.—a neuroscientist, clinical audiologist, Certified Dementia Practitioner, medical researcher, and author who earned his doctorate through the joint Harvard Medical School / MIT program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology. Together, Dr. Darrow and Vlad design the customized auditory‑brain–focused hearing care plans used at Mt. Hood Hearing.

Professional Associations

International Hearing Society (IHS)
Oregon Hearing Society (OHS)
Oregon's Advisory Council on Hearing Aids

Vlad Gutierrez specializes in hearing tests, speech-in-noise tests, hearing aid fittings with Real Ear verification, hearing aid repair, 3D ear scanning, custom earmolds, and custom hearing protection for adults with hearing loss across the Greater Portland, Oregon area.