Back to School Q&A Session 1: Insights from TODs, EdAuD, and Clinical AuDs

Kimberly Szabo

Laurie McFadden

Laurie Winter
MS

Laurie obtained her Master’s in Deaf Education at Adelphi University and began working with D/HI in the early 90s.  Her experience includes several  BOCES’ Programs (both classroom and itinerant) for Nassau and Eastern Suffolk, ages 3-21, as well as public school districts including Elwood, Half Hollow Hills and currently East Meadow School District for the past 15 years as a Hearing Specialist/Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired. 

Michelle Kraskin
AuD CCC-A

Dr. Michelle Kraskin, Assistant Director, Hearing & Speech Center Weill Cornell Medicine, received her Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of Stonybrook and her Masters of Science in Communications Science from Hunter College, City University of New York. Dr. Kraskin is licensed in Audiology through the New York State Department of Education and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). She maintains membership in ASHA. Dr. Kraskin has been affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine since 2003. She is responsible for the coordination of the day-to-day activities for audiology and speech and for infant screening services as part of the Hearing and Speech Department. Her clinical expertise is in the area of pediatric assessment of hearing including audiometry, auditory brainstem response (ABR), otoacoustic emissions (OAE) testing, hearing aids and cochlear implantation.

Sammie Levy
MS

Sammie Levy obtained her dual master's degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education and Early Childhood Education in 2013. As the Educational Specialist at Weill Cornell Medicine, Sammie provides support in navigating the Early Intervention, CPSE, and the CSE processes. Additionally, Sammie advocates for her patients at IEP meetings, provides academic support and remediation, as well as auditory training and therapy.