AFA Awards Audiology Practitioner Scholarships

Lafayette, IN -The Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) has announced five recipients of its Practitioner Scholarship awards. Each recipient won $1,000 in support of distance Au.D. education. Scholarship funding was provided through donations to the AFA, and the AFA will continue to support practitioners in their upgrade with additional scholarship opportunities throughout 2007. Visit the AFA website (www.audfound.org) often to check for new practitioner scholarship announcements.

"It is so important to support these outstanding audiology practitioners," said AFA Executive Director Susan Paarlberg. "The AFA's mission is to promote education throughout the Au.D. transition, and scholarship programs like this allow us to reach out to hard-working practitioners. We value the opportunity to help upgrade their education and provide enhanced patient care."

The five scholarship winners are:



Sarah Bretz - an audiologist for five years who is currently employed by Colorado ENT Specialists in Parker, CO. She is pursuing her Au.D. from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology (PCO).



Patti Ann St. John - Director of Audiology at Louisiana State University's Health Sciences Center and a practicing audiologist since 1993. She is pursuing her Au.D. from A.T. Still University/Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS).



Jennifer Christo - an audiologist since 1999 and currently employed as a school-based audiologist at Omaha Hearing School in Omaha, NE. She is pursuing her Au.D. from ASHS.



Jennifer Hall - an employee of Orlando Regional Healthcare System in Orlando, FL, and a practicing audiologist since 1990. She is pursuing her Au.D. from ASHS.



Donna Lauschke - an audiologist for five years and currently employed by Otolaryngology Group, Ltd. in Glenview, IL, and Children's Memorial Outpatient Center in Westchester, IL. She is pursuing her Au.D. from ASHS.