Reston, VA - July 17 - The American Academy of Audiology Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Brad A. Stach, Ph.D. to the position of Chair of its Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2006. Dr. Stach is well known in the audiology community as an educator, author, and director of audiology services at Henry Ford Hospital. "I am so impressed with the recent success and growth of the Foundation," states Stach. "Over the last several years, the Foundation has been increasingly recognized for its efforts to promote research, education and public awareness in audiology and the hearing sciences. It has received generous support from the membership of the American Academy of Audiology and from industry and corporate friends who share the AAA Foundation's vision."
Stach continues, "I am excited to join a talented and energetic Board of Trustees at this time of great growth and opportunity. Over the past several years, the Foundation has successfully garnered the resources to fund the Academy's research awards programs. It has provided an educational forum on pediatric audiology with its annual sponsorship of the Marion Downs Lecture. And it was instrumental in providing support to Gulf coast audiologists who were impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita last year."
"Over the next several years, the Foundation will seek to expand its funding of education and research activities in audiology and broaden its donor base to heighten public awareness of the profession and the patients it serves. We expect the efforts of the Foundation and the American Academy of Audiology to have a dramatic impact on access to and the quality of professional care for those with hearing loss."
Stach is currently Director of the Division of Audiology in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery of the Henry Ford Medical Group in Detroit, Michigan and serves on the faculty at Wayne State University. He is the author of a number of articles, book chapters and books, including Clinical Audiology: An Introduction and the Comprehensive Dictionary of Audiology, two reference books widely used throughout the world by students majoring in audiology.
A native of Chicago, Stach did his undergraduate work at New Mexico State University, followed by graduate work at Vanderbilt University. He earned his doctorate from the Baylor College of Medicine. Stach's experience includes directing clinical audiology programs at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC, and the California Ear Institute at Stanford University in Palo Alto. Stach has also served as President and CEO of the Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Clinic in Halifax and the Director of Audiology at the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. Stach is a founding board member and past-president of the American Academy of Audiology.
The American Academy of Audiology Foundation's mission is to raise funds and support for programs of excellence in education, research and public awareness in audiology and the hearing sciences. The AAA Foundation works closely with the American Academy of Audiology to fund promising research grants, to sponsor educational opportunities for audiologists and other hearing professionals, and to increase public understanding of the causes, treatments and prevention of hearing loss. The AAA Foundation is exempt under 501(c)3 of the IRS code, and all gifts to the AAA Foundation are tax deductible as allowed by law.
For more information, please visit the AAA Foundation web site at www.audiologyfoundation.org.
