AVC Hearing Aid Center

Better Hearing Made Easy

Company History

AVC Hearing Aid Ctr., Inc. was started by Peter A. Meci & Bette Lee Meci in 1972. When we started our business our prime objective was to give good service and the best hearing instrumentation on the market.

The first hearing aids we fit were mainly the old body aids and behind-the-ear (BTE). When president Regan was fit with the first in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid, our market changed drastically. Today we fit many different styles, the smallest being the completely-in-the-canal (CIC) digital programmable.

At one time Peter & Bette were very involved in the Capitol District Hearing Aid Society and New York State. Peter Meci was on the Board of the International Hearing Society and was responsible for helping our industry with the proposals he made and ideas he helped implement. He was very well known in the industry for his work of many years and very knowledgeable in knowing the rules and regulations of our industry. Peter passed on in 2004.

We've come a long way as a family business. Our son Norman V. Meci joined our business and is our hearing instrument specialist for the past 30 years. At one time we had 5 offices in the county but eventually decided to concentrate on Middletown and Newburgh. Bette Lee now works 3 days a week.

About Us

Norman V. Meci, BC-HIS

Norman V. Meci joined the family business in 1981 after completing courses for Hearing Aid Dispensing from New York City Community College. Norman is a Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist by The National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences. He is an active member of the International Hearing Society, and Hearing Healthcare Alliance of N.Y.. He continuously updates his credits so he can dispense the latest hearing aid technology.

Bette Lee Meci, Owner

Bette Lee Meci joined the family business 2 years after her husband Peter A. Meci started the business in 1972. As she tells it, “He made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.” Bette worked in the hearing business in Mt. Vernon, NY before the business was started. In 1974 Bette went to the New York City Community College for Hearing Aid Dispensing. Bette became a Hearing Aid Dispenser. In 1998 when AVC took on NY Medicaid she became the expert and decided she would manage the office responsibilities from soup to nuts.

Lisa Weimer, Office Manager. Middletown, NY

Lisa has been employed by AVC since 1997. Among the administrative, correspondence, and clerical duties. Lisa will schedule your appointments, help you with your insurance claims, will try to answer and always responds to your questions in a timely manner. She is efficient and your first key contact when you call our office. With appointment days being Mon.-Wed.-Fri., she is also available on Tuesday and Thursday to assist you. Lisa is always there with a smile to greet you. And yes, she is also a relative to the AVC Family.

Ginny Dougherty, Administrative. Newburgh , NY

Virginia (Ginny) our office assistant, staffing the Newburgh office three days a week is a lifetime Newburgh resident who joined AVC in 2005. Working side-by-side with Norman her responsibilities include charting clients from their initial, scheduling appointments, verifying insurance benefits, scheduling fittings, and keeping clients up to date on their 6 month courtesy check ups, focusing on quality time to address each clients needs. With appointment days being Tuesday and Thursdays in Newburgh, she is available on Wednesdays to clients who need to drop off or pick up hearing aids for repair or purchase supplies.