Staff Members

Bruce Vircks, Au.D.

Doctor of Audiology

Bruce Vircks, Au.D. received his Doctorate in Audiology from the Arizona School of Health Sciences, a division of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, in 2001. He received his Master of Science in Audiology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1981, where in 1977 he received a Bachelor of Science in Education. Dr. Vircks is a Licensed Audiologist and Hearing Aid Dealer in Iowa. He joined the professional staff at Wolfe Clinic in 1983, after completing a fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Dr. Vircks is a Fellow of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology and the American Academy of Audiology. He is Board Certified by the National Institute of Hearing Instrument Studies of the International Hearing Society. He is also a member of the Iowa Speech and Hearing Association, the Iowa Association of Hearing Health Professionals, the National Hearing Conservation Association and the American Auditory Society.

Dr. Vircks was elected President-Elect of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology, a national association of audiology practice owners and managers. He will serve a three-year term with the Academy, first as convention chair for the 2010 Academy convention in San Antonio. He is the first Iowa provider to hold this position.

Some of his professional activities include presentations at state and national meetings on the topics of non-occupational hearing conservation and hearing aid technology. He was the first to introduce acoustic, programmable, implantable and disposable hearing aids to patients in central Iowa. He was involved in bringing the Lions Hearing Aid Bank to Marshalltown and currently assists in its administration. Dr. Vircks is a member of the Marshalltown Rotary Club and has served on the boards of various civic organizations. He is married with two children and enjoys tennis, biking, photography, the arts and music.

Sees patients in Marshalltown and West Des Moines.