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Michael Valente, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Adult Amplification
St. Louis, MO
Professional Bio:
Current Position:
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Adult Audiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
1986-Present
Previous Positions:
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1985-1986
VA Medical Center-Atlanta, 1984-1985
VA Medical Center-Omaha, 1981-1984
Central Missouri State University-Warrensburg, 1975-1981
Education:
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975
M.S. Adelphi University-Garden City, NY, 1972
B.A. Adelphi University-Garden City, NY, 1970
Editorial Responsibilities:
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
American Journal of Audiology
Ear and Hearing
International Journal of Audiology
Books:
Strategies for Selecting and Verifying Hearing Aid Performance
Thieme Medical Publishers, 1994 and 2002 (2nd edition).
Hearing Aids: Standards, Options and Limitations
Thieme Medical Publishers, 1994 and 2002 (2nd edition).
Audiology: Diagnosis
Audiology: Treatment
Audiology: Practice Management
Thieme Medical Publishers, 2000 (With Ross Roeser and Holly Hosford-Dunn)
Interests:
Family:
My lovely wife Maureen is the Director of Audiology Studies and Assistant Professor in the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences (PACS) at Washington University School of Medicine. She is the Director of Audiology Studies.
My daughter Michelle is pursuing a graduate degree in Counseling @ DePaul University in Chicago.
My daughter Anne will shortly be pursuing a graduate degree in Creative Writing.
I also enjoy travel, jogging (once ran a marathon), and reading (non-fiction).
What got you started in the field?
I was in a bar on Long Island, NY (where I grew up). At the time I was studying to be a lawyer, but really didn't want to pursue that field, but couldn't think of anything that was of interest. While sitting at the bar I struck up a conversation with the head of the Speech Pathology/Audiology program at a large hospital on Long Island. What he described was interesting so I called to arrange for a visit. The visit sparked my interest in pursuing more information about the field and the rest, as they say "was history."
Do you have any interesting/funny stories from when you first started out in the profession?
There are numerous interesting stories as I started in the field, but the most interesting was my first otoscopic observation of an ear canal of a young patient @ Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY where I did my first internship. The patient reported recent onset of noise in his ear. As part of my training, I was taught to always look in the ear canal prior to placing the headset. In the ear canal was a living-walking cockroache! That was the source of his head noise. We quickly brought the patient to ENT to remove the bug and that was my first case of curing tinnitus!
What is your favorite thing about your job?
I've been involved, professionally, with Audiology for 30 years. I can honestly say that I enjoy it as much now as I did when I started. The best thing about my job is that on any given day I have no idea how the day is going to progress. My job is such that I have a healthy mix of direct clinic care (about 1.5 days/week), administrative, teaching, and research. So, I wear four "hats" and I pretty much have the freedom to divide those four responsibilities anyway I want. I also have the joy of working with some incredibly bright an | 