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The Doctor of Audiology is a professional degree for an audiologist. The AuD program is designed to produce audiologists who are skilled in providing diagnostic,rehabilitative,and other services associated with hearing,balance,tinnitus management,and related audiological fields. These individuals help patients with hearing problems primarily by diagnosing hearing loss and fitting hearing assistive devices.
An Audiometrist or Audiometric Officer,is a health-care professional technician who has received special training in the use of Pure tone audiometry equipment. An audiometrist conducts hearing tests,or "audiometric screening",with an Audiometer to establish hearing levels. The results are represented by an audiogram,and are usually interpreted by an audiologist,or a registered Medical Officer,unless the audiometrist is also an audiologist,with the aim of diagnosing hearing loss.
The American Speech–Language–Hearing Association (ASHA) is a professional association for speech–language pathologists,audiologists,and speech,language,and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally. The association reported over 234,000 members and affiliates in its 2023 report.
Sound Seekers was a British charity which works to improve the lives of deaf children and children with ear diseases in the developing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. It provided specialist equipment,training and support to some of the poorest countries of the world,where people with the 'hidden disability' of deafness may otherwise not receive the help they need. In 2020,Sound Seekers merged with DeafKidz International,with the combined charity using the DeafKidz International name.
Salus University is a private university in Elkins Park,Pennsylvania,specializing in degree programs for the health care professions.
Aural rehabilitation is the process of identifying and diagnosing a hearing loss,providing different types of therapies to clients who are hard of hearing,and implementing different amplification devices to aid the client's hearing abilities. Aural rehab includes specific procedures in which each therapy and amplification device has as its goal the habilitation or rehabilitation of persons to overcome the handicap (disability) caused by a hearing impairment or deafness.
Marion Downs was an American audiologist and professor emerita at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. She pioneered universal newborn hearing screening in the early 1960s and spent over 30 years advocating for its adoption in hospitals,as well as for the provision of hearing aids to infants displaying hearing loss. Her efforts were aimed at raising awareness within the medical community about the developmental challenges associated with childhood deafness. Thanks to her initiatives,95 percent of newborns born in America today undergo screening for hearing loss. As a result of her efforts,95 percent of all newborns in America today are screened for hearing loss. She devoted her professional life to the promotion of early identification of hearing loss in newborns,infants,and young children and to helping deaf and hard of hearing individuals lead fulfilling lives.
Speech-Language &Audiology Canada (SAC),formerly known as the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA),is a national organization supporting and representing speech-language pathologists,audiologists,and communication health assistants. The association adopted its new name and logo on February 5,2014.
Susan Lynn Brooks is an American prosecutor and politician. She is a Republican and the former U.S. Representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district. She was elected in 2012. The district includes the northern fifth of Indianapolis,as well as many of the city's affluent northern and eastern suburbs. Brooks served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2001 to 2007.
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Deanna Frazier Gordon is an American politician and audiologist serving as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 81st House district. Her district includes part of Madison County.
The 2022 elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place on Tuesday November 8,2022,to elect representatives from all 100 districts in the Indiana House of Representatives. The primary election took place on Tuesday May 3,2022. The Republican Party had held a House majority since 2011.
Campbell Wright is an American-New Zealand biathlete. In November 2021,he became the second teenager to score Biathlon World Cup points. He represented New Zealand in biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He became the first New Zealander and Southern Hemisphere athlete to win a medal in biathlon after winning the 2023 Junior World Championships in the 10 km Sprint at Shchuchinsk,Kazakhstan. In July 2023,he joined the US Biathlon team. He holds dual citizenship in New Zealand and the USA.
Charles Goodrich is an American politician and businessman who last served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 29th district. He was in office from 2018 to 2024.
Mark Hart is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 78th House district. His district includes Pendleton County as well as parts of Boone,Campbell,and Kenton counties. Elected in November 2016,he assumed office in January 2017.
Colette McKay is an Australian audiologist,academic and researcher. She leads the translational hearing program at the Bionics Institute of Australia.
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