Mackenzie Ivory
BC-HIS
Mackenzie graduated from Utah State University in 2018 with her B.S. in communication disorders and deaf education. She has been working with the House of Hearing team since October 2018 as a hearing instrument specialist.
She first developed an interest in hearing back in 2009 when her three-year-old brother was diagnosed with a profound hearing loss. Later that year, her newborn sister was also diagnosed with the same hearing loss.
Her family went through learning ASL and finally decided that the best way for her siblings to communicate with their grandparents, cousins, and everyone else was to get cochlear implants.
Fast forward to now, and those siblings can hear and talk – one loves to play soccer and the other is currently on her high school cheer squad. She’s so grateful that they can hear and communicate, and she wanted to be able to learn more about hearing loss so that she can help those around her to hear and communicate better.
During her time at House of Hearing, she has made a lasting impact on many members of the community. In particular, it makes her so happy anytime someone gets fitted with hearing devices for the first time and comes back to tell her all about the things they can now hear.
She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Urdaneta, Philippines, and is fluent in Tagalog. She hopes to go back in the future to help serve those who have hearing loss.
Outside of helping people hear better, she likes to spend time with her husband and kids doing whatever the weather will allow. When the weather is nice, they like to go and find places they can paddleboard. She also loves to bake and decorate cakes on her time off.
Get to Know Mackenzie Ivory
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive) who would it be?
Mary Queen of Scots.
Which is your favorite sports team?
Toronto Maple Leafs, Utah Jazz, and my husband would probably make me say the Colorado Avalanche, too.
What is your favorite food?
Italian – especially pizza and handmade pastas.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
I would really like to visit Scotland, England, and France, but I’m always a fan of going to visit my friends in the Philippines, too.
What is your all-time favorite tv show/series?
I like all of Gordon Ramsey’s shows and How I Met Your Mother.