EDUCATION

BS, Speech and Hearing Science, University of Iowa
MS, Speech and Hearing, Washington University
AuD, Central Michigan University

CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified in Audiology with a Specialty in Cochlear Implants – American Board of Audiology
ASHA - Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology
Missouri State License in Audiology
American Academy of Audiology, Fellow
Missouri Early Intervention Credentialed Provider

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

Beth is a full-time pediatric audiologist with 17 years of experience serving hearing-impaired children in an intensive auditory-oral environment. Her responsibilities include diagnosis and rehabilitation of infants and children with hearing loss utilizing state-of-the-art hearing aids, cochlear implants and FM systems. Verification and optimization of fitting and programming using objective measures (real-ear measurement, aided thresholds and speech perception testing) is paramount to the management of these young children as they prepare to enter their mainstream schools. Communication with deaf educators and speech language therapists to monitor progress in auditory skill, speech and language development completes this ideal team approach to maximizing individual student potential.

In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Beth presents regionally and nationally in her specialty area of pediatric audiology. She also participates in research involving the audiologic management and performance of hearing-impaired children. She is currently co-investigator for a National Institutes of Health supported research project examining the “Strategies to optimize benefit from a cochlear implant IV: Further development of a protocol for fitting speech processor Maps in newly implanted children.”

Beth recently received her Doctorate of Audiology (AuD) degree through the Distance Learning program at Central Michigan University.

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