Bio

Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Kyle H. Shepard, AuD, ABA Certified, is an audiologist for the United States Navy. He is currently stationed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River where he is the Branch Head of Helmet Systems and Auditory Performance within the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Command. There he manages and collaborates with engineers and other medical specialties working on research projects contributing to areas in advanced hearing protection and communication systems, active noise reduction, 3D scanning, 3D printing, in-the-ear noise dosimetry, and human performance. In 2015, he was the recipient of both the Military Audiology Association’s Elizabeth Guild Award and Navy Audiologist of the Year.

LCDR Shepard has been a stress management/resilience instructor for the Navy for eight years and ran the stress management program (Caregiver Occupational Stress Control [CgOSC]) for Naval Hospital Guam for two and a half years that became recognized for several best practices and the #1 CgOSC program in Navy Medicine at the time. He is a Certified Fitness Leader for the Navy where he is also a brown belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu and has been a fitness and martial arts instructor in his community for three years. In 2021, he set a Guinness World Record for most chest-to-ground burpees in three minutes.