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EDUCATION:
Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, B.A. - 1965
(Degree Major: Speech and Drama)
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, M.A. - 1967
(Degree Major: Speech Pathology)
University of Kansas, Ph.D - 1970
(Degree Major: Audiology
TRAINEESHIPS:
National Science Foundation Traineeship: Ohio State
Teaching Assistant: Ohio University
Pre-Doctoral Children’s Bureau Fellowship: Kansas
University Medical Center
CERTIFICATION:
CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL COMPETENCE IN AUDIOLOGY
(CCC/A) From the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (earned, but not maintained)
LICENSE:
CLINICAL AUDIOLOGY (Kansas)
CLINICAL AUDIOLOGY (Missouri)
HEARING AID DISPENSER (Kansas)
HEARING AID DISPENSER (Missouri)
EMPLOYMENT:
ADM. ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, OTTERBEIN COLLAGE, 1966
SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, OHIO EASTER SEAL, 1967/68
STAFF AUDIOLOGIST, KU MEDICAL CENTER, FALL 1969
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OR AUDIOLOGY, KU MEDICAL CENTER
STAFF AND CONSULTING AUDIOLOGIST FOR THE MOUNTAIN PLAINS REGINAL DEAF BLIND PROGRAM 1970-72
DIRECTOR, UAF AUDIOLGY DIVISION
1970-76
ACADEMIC TRAINING DIRECTOR, UAF 1973-76
PRESIDENT, HEARING ASSOCIATES, INC. 1976-PRESENT
CEO, EARPRESSIONS, INC. 1987-1992
PRESIDENT: INDUSTRY CONSULTING SERVICES, 1996-PRESENT
VICE PRESIDENT, INVOLUTIONS, INC., 1999 TO PRESENT.
INSTRUCTOR, AU.D. PROGRAM THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, ON-LINE, BASIC BUSINESS SKILLS.
OTHER:
Book Reviewer, American Speech and Hearing Association, 1973-74
Field Reader, Department of HEW, 1974
Field Counselor trainer for both Missouri and Kansas Vocational Rehabilitation Services, 1977-82
Multiple Media Manuals and training materials for Medical, non-medical and paramedical staff, 1993-present
Arbitrator, U.S. Department of Labor, 1984-present
Scientific and Technical Advisory Board: Tinnitus Treatment Centers 1997-present
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Kansas Speech and Hearing Association
Missouri Speech and Hearing Association
Greater Kansas City Speech and Hearing Association
American Association of Mental Deficiancy
Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (Fellow)
American Auditory Society
OFFICES HELD:
Audiology Representative, UAF Interdisciplinay Council
Legislative Councilor: American Speech and Hearing Association, 1976
Johnson County Development Disability Council
Board of Directors, Johnson County Assn. for Learning Disabled Children
Advisory Board: Johnson County Volunteer Center
President, Academy of Despensing Audiologists
Past President, Academy of Despensing Audiologists
Kansas Speech and Hearing Association: various committee assignments
Advisory Board- Audiology Foundation of America-2001
Advisory Board,The Hearing Journal-2001
Board of Directors, American Tinnitus Centers-2001
Professor, Pennsylvania Collage of Optometry, A.U.D. Audiology Program-2001
PUBLICATIONS:
Multiple publications in various Journals (Journal of Auditory Research, Journal of Pediatrics, Archives of Otolarynology, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Hearing Instruments, ADA Feedback, ASHA Magazine, chapters in three books related to clinical audiology and hearing aids, as well as continuing publication in industry trade publications.
HOSPITAL STAFF CREDENTIALS:
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Miami County Medical Center
CURRENT FIELDS Of SCIENTIFIC INTEREST:
Programmable and Digital Hearing Aid technology, Counseling and interpretation and strategies
for hearing impaired adults, hearing loss and the aging process, power supplies in modern
hearing aids, Automatic Signal Processing in portable amplification, office software applications
and development, Tinnitus Retraining therapy research and clinical applications, live speech
mapping with digital technology. |
