"School-based practitioners play such a vital role in working with children at risk for hearing loss," said AFA Director Esther Ginsberg. "Upgrading the education of these dedicated practitioners with an Au.D. degree will add tremendous value to the services they provide to students, families and the community. We are so grateful to Cathy Jones and Phonak for their continuing support of this worthy project."
Casey Morehouse has been an educational audiologist at the Virginia School for the Deaf & Blind in Staunton, VA, for almost 20 years. She also consults and provides audiological services to 10 surrounding school districts. She began Au.D. classes this spring at Central Michigan University/Vanderbilt.
Virginia Schroeder has been an audiologist for almost 25 years, and has been employed by Trenton Public Schools in Trenton, MI, since 1999. She is pursuing her Au.D. from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology.
Karen Mobley has been a pediatric audiologist for 10 years and is currently employed by the Cobb County School System in Marietta, GA. She began her Au.D. program this spring at the Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS).
Suzanne Holowecky has been an educational audiologist for the Los Angeles Unified School District in California since 2001. She is pursuing an Au.D. from ASHS.
Linda Dickson has over 25 years of experience as an audiologist, and has been employed by Dearborn Public Schools in Michigan since 2003. She is an educational audiologist as well as a referral coordinator for hearing impaired programs in Western Wayne County. She has begun the Au.D. program at the University of Florida.
The AFA will continue to award various scholarships throughout the year in support of Au.D. education. Please visit the AFA website at www.audfound.org for more information on available opportunities.
