AUDIOLOGIC RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED:- Provide complete audiological assessments on clients from 5 years of age to geriatrics- Perform diagnostic testing for local ENT clinics, Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability- Perform hearing aid evaluation and fittings using NOAH- Conduct Real-Ear measurements using Verifit- Conduct Tympanometry testing using GSI 38- Assist patients with audiologic concerns, earmold impressions and troubleshooting of hearing aids- Perform earmold and custom hearing aid modificationsADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED:- Create a cerumen management protocol- Systematize the insurance billing process- Systematize the billing process for services rendered in the clinic- Develop connections with local ENT clinics, Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability- Transition paper charts into a computerized system- Assist in creating and updating office forms such as a Patient Services Bill, a Loaner Form and a Sales Contract Workbook in Excel- Assist in maintaining supplies, inventory and equipment- Assist in contacting insurance companies to determine patient hearing aid benefits- Build a binder of protocols for all procedures completed by the Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Specialists in all 5 clinics- Assist with Patient Care Coordinator duties

The MoPSC is a state agency charged with the responsibility of administering the Relay Missouri program. The Relay Missouri Advisory Committee is a fourteen-member committee designed to assist the MoPSC in providing effective Relay Missouri service in Missouri, such as:- Promote awareness of relay services.- Assist in the evaluation of promotional efforts of relay services.- Advise the MoPSC and relay contractor regarding complaints.- Act as a liaison between the relay contractor and relay users.- Respond to and evaluate relay service enhancements that may improve efficiencies.- Monitor legislation dealing with issues affecting relay users.- Advocate relay service enhancements which meet the needs of all relay users.

PERFORMED INDEPENDENTLY: Audiometric and tympanometric testing Hearing aid selection, delivery, follow up, and repairs Probe mic measurements Earmold impressions Tinnitus evaluation Electrophysiology testing - Auditory Brainstem Response - Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission, - Electrocochleography Vestibular testing - Rotational chair - Posturography - Videonystagmography - Caloric testing - Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentialsPERFORMED UNDER SUPERVISION: Cochlear implant initial evaluation and fitting Cochlear implant reprogramming and soundfield testing Baha evaluation, delivery, follow up, and repairs Lyric fitting and replacement Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentialsOBSERVED: Auditory processing evaluation and treatment Tinnitus Retraining Therapy Electroneuronography

Worked with the Project Coordinator and PI to implement research study protocols and experiments, submit protocol modifications to the Institutional Review Board, and troubleshoot problems encountered with equipment and data collectionRecruited subjects for other laboratory studies and edited sound files for the Spanish version of the Computerized Revised Token Test (CRTT)

Completed acoustic analysis of children's speech using Praat and other specialized software