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EDUCATION:
May-96: Au.D., Doctor of Audiology Degree, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
May-93: M.S., Audiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Graduated with Highest Honors
Dec-91: B.S., Audiology & Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Jul-99 to Present
Chair of Audiology and Associate Professor, Arizona School of Health Sciences, A School of A. T. Still University of Health Sciences,
Phoenix, AZ
Administrative and teaching duties include curriculum development, faculty development, short- and long-range strategic planning, development of distance-education and residential curricula. The position also involves development of faculty training opportunities and departmental policies, as well as, interdisciplinary interaction and teaching within other departments. Transitional Au.D. courses taught include Health Informatics, Auditory and Vestibular Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology, Radiography, Leadership and Service, and Professional Relations and Referrals. Entry level Au.D. courses taught include Neurology, Embryology, and Amplification.
Sep-98 to Apr-01
Research Audiologist / Sales Representative and Consultant
AVR Sonovation, Eden Prairie, MN
Duties include coordination of research data, training customers in the programmable fitting of new frequency compression hearing aids, and product sales to customers. Full-time September 1998 through June 1999. Consultant as needed July 1999 to April 2001
Jul-96 to Jul-98
Assistant Professor, The University of New Mexico,
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Albuquerque, NM
Teaching duties included Introduction to Audiology, Clinical Audiology I, Hearing Science, Amplification, and Medical Audiology. Clinical position at the UNM Health Sciences Center included independent practice, supervision of Master’s students, staff hiring and scheduling, as well as coordination of the daily clinic schedule, weekly staff meetings and student placements.
Mar-96 to May 96
Teaching Assistant, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Laboratory instructor for Amplification Class for Doctor of Audiology Students.
Jul-95 to May-96
Contract Audiologist, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX
Duties included audiological testing of patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis, performing auditory brainstem responses testing on pediatric and adult patients, as well as infants in the nurseries, and daily report writing.
Jan-94 to May-96
Au.D. Clinical Rotations (10 weeks each)
Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Little Rock, AR
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Starkey Laboratories Graduate Internship, Minneapolis, MN
Input Hearing Systems, private practice, Dallas, TX
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Center for Hearing and Speech, Houston, TX
Aug-94 to Mar-95
Research Audiologist, NIH Research Grant,
The University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX
Gathered data on the localization ability of pediatric subjects pre- and post-atretic ear reconstructive surgery. Assisted in computer programming for test measures of interaural difference limens under headphones.
Jun-93 to Dec-93
Clinical Fellowship Year, Charles A. Lowe & Associates, Chicago, IL
Duties included audiometric testing, hearing aid dispensing including programmable hearing aids and in-office hearing aid repairs.
Jan-93 to May 93
Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Laboratory instructor for Introduction to Audiology, providing instruction in basic audiometry, tympanometry, and hearing aids.
Jan-92 to May-93
Graduate Audiologist, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Clinical rotations each semester at M.D. Steer Audiology Clinic, Purdue
Extern at Sparks Center for Developmental Disorders, Birmingham, AL
Extern at RJ Hearing private practice, Danville, IL
LICENSURE:
2000 to Present: Arizona State Audiology License, #DA1849
1998 to 2000: Florida State Audiology License, #AY 0000934
1996 to 1998: New Mexico State Audiology License, #1403
1994 to 1996: Texas State Audiology License, #51032
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / OFFICES:
Academy of Dispensing Audiologists, Fellow Member and ADA Feedback Student Forum Section Editor
American Academy of Audiology, Fellow Member, 2003Convention Special Events Subcommittee Member
American Auditory Society, Member and Assistant for coordination ofmentored student research poster sessions
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology 1994-2002, American Journal of Audiology Reviewer January 2003 to present
Arizona Audiology Council, Member and Co-Chair for Subcommittee for Communications
Audiology Foundation of America, Board Member and Past Treasurer
National Association of Future Doctors of Audiology, Alumni Member and Advisory Council Member
SERVICE:
2002 to present: Arizona School of Health Sciences On Line Education Subcommittee chair
2002 to present: Arizona School of Health Sciences Diversity Committee member
2002: Golden Gate Community Center Health Fair, Hearing Screenings
1999 to present: Arizona School of Health Sciences IRB Committee member and Promotion and Tenure Committee member
1999: Audiology Foundation of America Examination Committee member and test item writer
1998, 1999: Audiology Foundation of America Alliance Fellowship Awards Committee member and application rater
1998: University of New Mexico Audiology Interview Committee and Comprehensive Exam Committee
1997, 1998: National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association Faculty Advisor for The University of New Mexico Chapter
1993: Purdue Hearing Impaired Student Support Group, Co-coordinator
1991: National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) CROSSROADS Conference on Communicative Disorders, Co-coordinator
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1998: Teacher of the Year Award, University of New Mexico, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
1996: Student Research Forum Award, American Academy of Audiology
1997: Sertoma Scholar in Communicative Disorders
1998 & 1995: Alliance Fund Au.D. Fellowship Recipient, Audiology Foundation of America
1992: Outstanding Student Clinician Award, Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association
1991: Outstanding Senior in Audiology Award, Purdue University
1990 & 1992: Purdue University School of Liberal Arts Honors Council, invited member
1990 & 1991: Purdue Univeristy Honors Scholarship Recipient
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Parent, T. (1999). Audiology education in the new millennium. Academy of Dispensing Audiologists: Feedback Vol. 10, No. 3: 29-30.
2. Parent, T. (1999). Let’s make a deal: Searching for the position that is right for you. Academy of Dispensing Audiologists: Feedback Vol. 10, No. 1: 17.
3. Parent, T. (1998). 1998 Marks the largest class of Au.D. graduates. Academy of Dispensing Audiologists: Feedback Vol. 9, No. 3: 41-42.
4. Parent, T. (1998). Audiology students want to know. Academy of Dispensing Audiologists: Feedback Vol. 9, No. 1: 40-41.
5. Parent, T., Chmiel, R., & Jerger, J. (1997). Comparison of the performance with frequency transposition hearing aids and conventional hearing aids. The Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 8:355-365.
6. Fallis, R.L. & Parent, T.C., (1997) Use of Otoacoustic emissions for evaluation of auditory pathologies. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery 5:317-323.
PRESENTATIONS:
1. Parent-Buck, T., "Neuroanatomy: A review of what you should know about the human brain and some details your brain may have forgotten", Presented at the Southwest Conference on Communicative Disorders, Albuquerque, NM, March 6-8, 2003
2. Parent-Buck, T., "Principles of Pharmacology", Presented at the Southwest Conference on Communicative Disorders, Albuquerque, NM, March 6-8, 2003
3. Parent-Buck, T., "The Au.D. and It’s Future in Audiology", Presented at the New Mexico Speech-Language & Hearing Association 40th Annual Convention, Albuquerque, NM, October 25-26, 2002.
4. Parent-Buck, T., "The Hearing Impaired Culture", Presented at the Arizona Physical Therapy Association Fall 2002 Annual Fall Conference, Phoenix, AZ, October 3-5, 2002.
5. Parent-Buck, T. & Fallis-Cunningham, R. "Tools & Strategies for Developing On-Line Educational Courses", Presented at the American Academy of Audiology's 14 Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA, April 17-20, 2002.
6. Parent-Buck, T. & Wendel, O.T. "Principles of Pharmacology for Audiologists", Presented at the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Convention, Asheville, NC, October 21-25, 2001.
7. Parent-Buck, T. "Au.D. Distance Education", Presented at the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Convention, Asheville, NC, October 21-25, 2001.
8. Parent-Buck, T. & Wendel, O.T., "Pharmacology", Presented at the Audiological Resource Association Meeting, Charlotte, NC, February 16-18, 2001.
9. Parent-Buck, T. & Wendel, O.T. "Pharmacology for Audiologists", Presented at The Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, October 25-28, 2000.
10. Parent-Buck, T. & Wendel, O.T. "Pharmacology for Audiologists", Presented at the Rhode Island Academy of Audiology Convention, Rhode Island, Oct 20-22, 2000.
11. Parent-Buck, T. "Basic Pharmacology Primer for Audiologists", Presented at the Fall 2000 Hearing and Speech Conference, Greensboro, NC, Sept 15-16, 2000.
12. Parent, T., Ryals, B., Ruth, R. "New Horizons in Audiology Education Au.D., Ph.D.", Presented at the 42nd Annual Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Roanoke, VA, March 23-25, 2000.
13. Parent, T. "Frequency Transposition, Where the Traditional Power Aid Can’t Do It", Presented at the 42nd Annual Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Roanoke, VA, March 23-25, 2000.
14. Flexer, C., Parent, T., & Powers, T. "Roundtable Amplification: Children and Adults", Presented at the 42nd Annual Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Roanoke, VA, March 23-25, 2000.
15. Parent, T. "Impact Hearing Aids", Presented at the North Carolina Speech and Hearing Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 25, 2000.
16. Dar, B., Davis, W. & Parent, T. "An Alternative To Wasted Amplification", Present ed the American Academy of Audiology Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, March 16-19, 2000.
17. Fallis-Cunningham, R. & Parent, T. "Otoacoustic Emissions", Presented the American Academy of Audiology Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, March 16-19, 2000.
18. Parent, T. "Compression in A New Domain", Presented at The Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Convention, Southampton, Bermuda, October 1999.
19. Parent, T. & Wendel, O.T. " Teaching the Teachers: Become a Distance Education Instructor", Presented at The Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Convention, Southampton, Bermuda, October 1999.
20. Parent, T. & Wendel, O.T. " Learning From a Distance: Looking at Audiology Education in the Next Millennium", Presented at The Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Convention, Southampton, Bermuda, October 1999.
21. Fallis-Cunningham, R.L. & Parent, T. "Otoacoustic Emissions: Tips for Beginners", Presented at The American Academy of Audiology Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA, April 1998 & Miami, FL April 1999.
22. Parent, T. "ImpaCt: Hearing Aid Training Seminar", Presented throughout the country for AVR Sonovation, 1998 & 2000.
23. Parent, T. "Update on the Au.D.", Presented at the University of New Mexico National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. Conference, Albuquerque, NM, March 1998.
24. Bennett, J., Danz, A., Parent, T., & Smith, K. "How to Jump Start Your Practice: Fuel it With the Au.D.", Presented at The Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, October 1997.
25. Parent, T. "Recredentialing to the Au.D.", Presented at the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Phoenix, AZ, April 1997.
26. Parent, T. "Providing Amplification for the Hearing Impaired", Presented at the University of New Mexico Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, Albuquerque, NM, October 1996.
27. Parent, T. "Recredentialing to the Au.D.", Presented to the Association of Houston Audiologists, Houston, TX, October 1996.
28. Parent, T., "Maximum Length Sequence ABR", Presented at the Student Research Forum for The American Academy of Audiology Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, April 1996. |
