Daniel Hendrix received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in Canada in 1995. He majored in linguistics and minored in South Asian Studies. He subsequently obtained his Master of Science in Audiology from the University of British Columbia Department of Medicine in 2000. He has three adult children, one in Canada and the other two living in Boston. He is licensed to practice in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).