Hearing Care for Spring Lake Residents

Spring Lake Borough residents have convenient access to best-practice audiology care at Haynie Audiology & Hearing Associates — located at 31 West Main Street in downtown Freehold, accessible via Route 35 North toward Route 18 West or I-195. Spring Lake is one of the most distinctive communities on the entire Jersey Shore — a Gilded Age resort preserved with extraordinary intentionality, where quiet beaches, non-commercial boardwalk, and Victorian architecture create an atmosphere unlike anywhere else in Monmouth County.

Dr. Alexandra Haynie, Au.D., CCC-A, ABA holds a Doctorate of Audiology, ASHA Certification, and Board Certification from the American Board of Audiology — the highest credential level available in audiology. For a community that has maintained its standards deliberately and consistently for over a century, Haynie Audiology brings the same commitment to quality evidence-based hearing care within easy reach.

The Spring Lake Community

Spring Lake operates on different rules than anywhere else at the Jersey Shore — and that is entirely intentional. The borough's two-mile boardwalk is completely non-commercial: no vendors, no shops, no food stands. It is the longest non-commercial boardwalk in New Jersey, and the absence of commerce is a reflection of a decision made early in Spring Lake's history to appeal as a more genteel family resort rather than a destination for "fanfare amusements." The borough has no traffic lights and no parking meters. Food and drinks are prohibited on the beach. These are not oversights — they are the living legacy of a Gilded Age resort community that developed in the 1870s as an alternative to Newport and Bar Harbor for New York City and Philadelphia high society.

Spring Lake is known throughout New Jersey and beyond as "The Irish Riviera" — with 39.4% of borough residents claiming Irish ancestry, the highest concentration of any municipality in the United States. St. Catharine of Siena Church on Third Avenue was built in Renaissance architecture to resemble St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, with frescoes and carvings depicting life in Ireland past and present — a landmark that reflects the depth of the borough's Irish-American identity. Two structures in town, the Normandy Inn and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Spring Lake 5 Mile Run, first held in 1977 and now drawing over 12,500 registered runners, has been recognized by Runner's World magazine as one of the top 100 races in America.

Audiology Best Practices

Regardless of which hearing aid brand is selected, success depends on following comprehensive best practices during the fitting process. We use Real Ear Measurement and Test Boxes to verify that your hearing aids are programmed correctly to your hearing loss prescription, not just manufacturer estimates— ensuring your hearing aids are performing correctly from day one and adjusted as your brain adapts to amplification over time.

We serve patients throughout Monmouth County including Manalapan, Marlboro, Howell, Middletown, Aberdeen, Hazlet, Colts Neck, Red Bank, and all surrounding communities.

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Haynie Audiology & Hearing Associates

Comprehensive hearing care for Spring Lake Borough residents — a short drive from the Irish Riviera via Route 35 to downtown Freehold.

Spring Lake Schools and Families

The Spring Lake School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 in a single school with a 2023-24 enrollment of just 142 students — the smallest enrollment of any K-8 district in our service area — and a student-teacher ratio of 6.3:1, the most favorable ratio of any district in the entire series. The district office is located at 411 Tuttle Avenue. The intimacy of this educational environment is not incidental — it reflects Spring Lake's broader community character, where every student, family, and neighbor is known by name.

For high school, Spring Lake students attend Manasquan High School as part of a sending and receiving relationship, joining students from Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Sea Girt, and Spring Lake Heights at the same regional school.

For Spring Lake families with children showing signs of listening difficulty — difficulty following verbal instructions, inconsistent academic performance despite evident ability, or challenges in group settings — a central auditory processing disorder (APD) evaluation provides the diagnostic clarity that a standard hearing test alone cannot offer. Dr. Haynie conducts comprehensive APD evaluations for children ages 7 and up and communicates findings directly with families and school teams.

Senior Living in Spring Lake

The Essex and Sussex on Third Avenue is Spring Lake's most recognized senior living landmark — a prestigious community set on the site where the original Essex & Sussex Hotel once stood before the great fire of 1900, today providing distinguished senior living within the heart of the borough, steps from Spring Lake's Third Avenue shops and within walking distance of the boardwalk and the lake. The Arbors at Spring Lake at 550 Warren Avenue provides additional senior care options for Spring Lake-area residents seeking assisted living or memory care in the borough.

Spring Lake's character as a small, year-round community where families and longtime residents are deeply rooted makes it a place where many seniors choose to age in place — remaining in the Victorian homes and shaded streets where they have lived for decades. For Spring Lake seniors who prefer audiological care at home, Haynie Audiology provides in-home audiology services throughout the borough — bringing hearing evaluations, hearing aid fittings with real ear measurement verification, follow-up care, and hearing aid maintenance directly to the patient's home.

Getting to Haynie Audiology from Spring Lake

Haynie Audiology & Hearing Associates is located at 31 West Main Street in downtown Freehold Borough — accessible from Spring Lake via Route 35 heading north:

From the boardwalk and central Spring Lake, take Route 35 North toward Belmar and then connect to Route 18 West or I-195 West toward Freehold — the drive is typically 25-30 minutes. From Third Avenue and the downtown shopping district, head toward Route 35 North and follow the connecting roads inland toward Freehold. From the southern areas of Spring Lake near the Manasquan border, head north on Route 35 and then west toward Freehold via Route 18 or I-195.

Hearing Care Services for Spring Lake
Residents

Haynie Audiology & Hearing Associates provides a full range of audiological services for Spring Lake residents at our Freehold office:

Diagnostic Hearing Tests & Evaluations
Hearing Aid Evaluations
Hearing Aid Fittings with Real Ear Measurement
Tinnitus Evaluation & Management
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Evaluations
Aural Rehabilitation
Custom Hearing Protection
Earwax Removal
Hearing Aid Repairs
Audiology at Home

We accept most major insurance plans and are contracted with third-party hearing benefit administrators serving Freehold and Monmouth County residents.

Why Spring Lake Patients Choose Haynie Audiology

Every hearing aid fitting at Haynie Audiology includes real ear measurement verification — confirming your devices are programmed to your specific ear canal anatomy and hearing loss, not manufacturer defaults. Fewer than 1 in 5 audiology practices use this standard. At Haynie Audiology it is included with every fitting.

Spring Lake has maintained its standards for more than 150 years — choosing quiet over noise, preservation over development, quality over convenience. That same deliberate approach to excellence is reflected in what Haynie Audiology brings to every patient who visits our Freehold office. Dr. Haynie's credentials — Au.D., CCC-A, ABA — represent the highest level of clinical education and board recognition in audiology, consistent with the standard that Spring Lake has always applied to the things that matter. No referral is needed. Saturday hours accommodate residents of a community that values time as much as quality.