President-Elect
Deborah L. Carlson, PhD
Director, Center for Audiology and Speech Pathology; Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Education
BA: Speech Pathology, Augustana College, 1980
MS: Communication Disorders and Sciences (Audiology) and Rehabilitation Administration and Services, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1982
PhD: Communication Disorders and Sciences (Audiology), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1986
Position Statement
The profession has advanced rapidly since its inception and with great energy over the past quarter century. We are known in medical, educational, and research communities, and continue in our efforts to become an autonomously recognized stakeholder amongst healthcare professionals and the consumers we serve. We must establish a clear and consistent voice of audiology, and build alliances with professional and consumer organizations to lend support to our needs.
Priorities include:
- Direct access is a critical avenue to our future as independent providers and it provides more cost-effective hearing health care to consumers.
- Evidence-based practice and collection of outcome data is critical to improve reimbursement, professional recognition, and increased research funding.
- Academic programs, clinical sites, and preceptors must adhere to high and consistent standards in AuD training.
- Advocacy is in the hands of every audiologist. We must continually tell our story to increase awareness of the value of our services.
- Public awareness must focus on consumers, health-care providers, and future professionals. We must increase knowledge of our profession and our impact on speech-language development, education, and quality of life.
I would be honored to continue to work with our dedicated and talented professional leaders, on behalf of each and every audiologist, to achieve our professional goals.
Areas of Special Interest
- Amplification
- Infant hearing screening
- Otoacoustic emissions
- Central auditory processing disorders
- Professional issues
- Quality of services
- Accreditation
Honors
- Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007.
- Gubernatorial appointment to the Texas State Board of Examiners for Speech Pathology and Audiology, 2000.
Professional Activities
- 1994–2001: Liaison, State Affiliate Network, American Academy of Audiology.
- 1997–2001: Professional Services Board, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 1999–2003: Membership Committee, American Academy of Audiology.
- 1999–2000: Administration and Supervision Steering Committee, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 1999– 2001: Audiology Column Editor, Division 11 Newsletter, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2004–2006: Chair, Complaints Committee; 2005–2006: Secretary/Treasurer; 2000–2005: Continuing Education Liaison, Texas State Board of Examiner’s for Speech—Pathology & Audiology.
- 2000: Leadership Conference Program Committee, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2002: Topic Coordinator for Administrative & Regulatory Issues, Convention Committee; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2000–2001: President; 2002: Past-President, Texas Academy of Audiology.
- 2001–2003: Member, Scientific and Professional Education Board, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2001–2004: Associate Coordinator, Administration and Supervision Special Interest Division (11) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2001–2006: Regional Coordinator, State Network Committee; 2003-2005: Exhibitor Advisory Panel, 2004–2006: Chair, Membership Committee; 2006–2008: State Licensure Subcommittee, Coding and Reimbursement Committee; American Academy of Audiology.
- 2004: Convention Subcommittee in Diagnostic Audiology, Convention Subcommittee in Administration and Regulatory Issues American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2006–2008: Financial Planning Board, 2008: Convention Committee Topic Coordinator for Administrative and Regulatory Issues Special Interest Division; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- 2008–Present: Board of Directors, American Academy of Audiology