Adamovich CV Page 1 Curriculum Vitae of Stephanie Leigh Adamovich, PhD, CCC-A University of Arizona Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences/UA Hearing Clinics 1131 East 2 nd Street Tucson, AZ 85721 sladamovich@email.arizona.edu Education Ph. D, Audiology, Teaching & Supervision, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, 2009 MS, Speech and Hearing Sciences-Audiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2001 BS, Audiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1999 Honors and Awards Gallaudet University, Presidential Scholar Award, 2007 American Academy of Audiology, Student Research Award, April 2002 Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona Outstanding Student Award, 2001 Cum Laude, Brigham Young University, 1999 Association Memberships American Speech Language Hearing Association, Member since 1998 Licensures and Certifications: Dispensing Audiologist License #DA7605-Arizona Department of Health Services, Jan 2012-Present ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competency-Audiology, American Speech Language Hearing Association, Certification Number: 12038968, June 2001 - Present Professional Experience The University of Arizona, June 2013 to present Clinical Assistant Faculty, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Supervise undergraduate and graduate students in the UA Hearing Clinic Coordinate the Adult Audiologic Rehabilitation program, Living Well with Hearing Loss group Teach Advanced Audiological Evaluation Serve as a consultant to the University of Arizona Medical Center Audiology Clinic Cochlear America s Futures Panel Discussion, November 2012, Boulder, Colorado Invited to participate as member of Panel Discussion on future of cochlear implants focus meeting The University of Arizona, June 2012-June 2013 Designated Campus Colleague (DCC) Affiliate-Department of Surgery, College of Medicine The University of Arizona Medical Center-University Campus, Tucson Arizona, Jan 2012-June 2013 Full-time Audiologist Start up new Audiology Clinic in hospital Identify and treat adults and children with hearing loss Serve as Programming Audiologist with the UA Ear Institute for hearing aids and implantable hearing solutions, including cochlear implants, bone-anchored hearing solutions, and Envoy Esteem middle ear implant Provide diagnostic audiology services to otolaryngology and hematology/oncology patients Collaborate with University of Arizona Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, Aug 2010-July 2011 Co-Interim Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic Director with primary responsibility over business administration Responsible for overseeing daily clinic operation
Created and implemented budget for clinic Collaborated with clinic office manager to improve record-keeping efficiency Supervised clinic graduate assistants (GA) in maintaining therapy materials/assessments Adamovich CV Page 2 Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, Aug 2008-Dec 2011 Assistant Professor/Director of Audiology Taught four-course audiology series at the undergraduate level Advised undergraduate students Served as committee chair/member for undergraduate honor s thesis and graduate thesis Assessed and counseled EKU faculty/staff/students, speech clinic clients and community clients regarding hearing status and treatment recommendations. Dispensed hearing aids to qualifying low-income individuals through three non-profit national foundations: HearNow/Starkey Hearing Foundation, Audient/Epic, and Foundation for Sight and Sound/Resound Responsible for maintaining and procuring diagnostic test equipment for audiology clinic. Responsible for developing audiology clinic budget and overseeing daily audiology clinic operation Supervised undergraduate and graduate students in the audiology clinic The Hearing and Speech Agency (HASA), Baltimore, MD, Sept. 2007-Aug 2008 Pediatric Clinical/Educational Audiologist Provided part time pediatric audiology services at non-profit clinic including diagnostic evaluations and hearing aid management Coordinated educational audiology services for the Gateway School, a private special education elementary school under HASA serving pre-k through 8th grade. Gallaudet University: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Hearing Enhancement Program Manager/Research Audiologist, July 2005 Aug 2007 Provided program support for five-year multi-center federally-funded grant Member of conference planning committee: State of the Science Conference on Adult Aural Rehabilitation, September 18-20, 2006 Developed and modified research protocols. Assisted in the development of aural rehabilitation assessment and intervention materials, particularly for cochlear implant recipients Children s National Medical Center, Washington DC, 2001-2005 Pediatric Clinical Audiologist Provided diagnostic hearing evaluations for children ages birth-21 years Member of Cochlear Implant Team, serving adults and children. Prescribed, fit and verified benefit of conventional, programmable and digital hearing aids Conducted newborn hearing assessments including: otoacoustic emissions, non-sedated diagnostic brainstem auditory evoked response and auditory steady state response testing Teaching Experience University of Arizona, 2013 SLHS 589L Advanced Audiologic Evaluation, Fall Eastern Kentucky University, 2008-2011 CDS 275 Intro Communication Disorders, 100% web-based, Summer CDS 380 Intro to Clinical Audiology, Fall CDS 485 Audiologic Evaluation with Lab, Spring CDS 487 Aural Rehabilitation, Spring CDS 488 Practicum in Audiology, Fall and Spring Gallaudet University, 2005-2007 Cochlear Implants, Gallaudet University, Co-Instructor Fall 2005
Cochlear Implant Course, Gallaudet University, Fall 2006 Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders for AuDs and SLPs, Lab Instructor, Spring 2007 University of Arizona-Teaching Assistant, 1999-2001 Hearing Science-Undergraduate lab Instrumentation for Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists-Graduate Lab Supervision Experience Audiology Supervisor/Preceptor for The University of Arizona Hearing Clinic, June 2012-present Supervise second, third and fourth year graduate audiology students in the UAMC Audiology Clinic Adamovich CV Page 3 Audiology Supervisor, Eastern Kentucky University Supervise undergraduate/graduate student clinicians in completing elementary school hearing screenings, health fair screenings, hearing/speech screenings for college students, and adult/pediatric audiological evaluations 2008-2011 Audiology Clinic Supervisor, Gallaudet University Offsite graduate supervision of clinical externship, at The Hearing and Speech Agency, Summer 2008 Onsite graduate supervision, Gallaudet University Hearing and Speech Clinic, Spring 2006, 2007 Directed Student Learning Undergraduate Student Thesis, "Regeneration of Cochlear Hair Cells", Special Education. Advised: Murphy, Sarah April 15, 2010 April 2011 Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Stuttering Severity and Quality of Life", Special Education. Advised: Cable, Brandy December 1, 2010 April 2011 Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Use of NSOME by Medical and School-Based SLPs", Special Education. Advised: Shepherd, Whitney January 4, 2011 April 2011 Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Perception of Stuttering By Classroom Teachers", Special Education. Advised: Hobbs, Micha December 1, 2010 December 2011 Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Confidence of Ky SLPs in providing speech therapy in Spanish", Special Education. Advised: Cooley, Leah March 15, 2011 December 2011 Selected peer-reviewed publications and presentations Adamovich, S. L. (Presenter & Author) (2010). "Perception of Spanish-Accented English in Adult Cochlear Implant Users" AAS 2010 Annual Meeting: Scientific and Technical Meeting. American Auditory Society. Scottsdale, Arizona. Adamovich, S. L. Perception of Spanish-American Accented English in Cochlear Implant Users. Doctoral dissertation, Gallaudet University, Washington DC. Adamovich, S. (2001). Evaluation of personal FM system using the hearing in noise test (HINT). Unpublished master s thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Adamovich, S. (2002). Evaluation of Personal FM system using the Hearing in Noise Test HINT). Presented at the American Academy of Audiology 14th Annual Convention and Expo. Philadelphia: PA., April 19. Adamovich, S., Bakke, M., & Kwon, B. (2007). JNDs for frequency shifts along the basilar membrane. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology 19th Annual Convention, Denver: CO, April 20. Adamovich, S., Bakke, M & Xu, Y (2007). Just noticeable differences for broadband frequency allocation changes in normal hearing individuals using a cochlear implant simulation. 2007 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, Lake Tahoe: NV, July 16-17.
Adamovich CV Page 4 Adamovich, S., Bickley, C., Cantarero, G. & Limb, C. (2009). Perception of Spanish-American accented English in cochlear implant users. Presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter research meeting. Baltimore: MD, February 16. Barac-Cikoja, D & Adamovich, S. (2007). Measurement of Self-Hearing and its Importance for Hearing Technology. Presented at the Meeting of the Mid Atlantic Cochlear Implant Consortium, Washington DC, March 8. Barac-Cikoja, D., Kozma-Spytek, L., & Adamovich, S. (2007). Transformation of live versus recorded speech from the mouth to the open or occluded ear. 153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Salt Lake City: UT, June 7. Barac-Cikoja, D., Reyes, J., Sonneman, S., & Adamovich, S. (2007). Psychoacoustic estimate of the relative loudness of self-generated speech. 2007 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, Lake Tahoe: NV, July 16-17. Hanks, W.D., Adamovich, S., & Buethe, P. (2006). 1000 Hz Tympanometry and EHDI Programs. Presentation at the 2006 National Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference, Washington: D.C., February 1. Sydlowski, S., Harvey, T., Adamovich, S. & Bakke, M. (2009). Sensitivity to frequency allocation adjustments in cochlear implant-simulated speech. Presented at the American Auditory Society Winter Meeting. Scottsdale: AZ, March 5-9. Grants and Research Projects Eastern Kentucky University Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Perception of Stuttering By Classroom Teachers", IRB protocol #11-20 Role: Faculty Adviser Adamovich, S (2009) "WIDEX Pediatric Hearing Aid Assistance Program", Sponsored by Widex-Hearing Aid Manufacturer, Private, $10,000.00. Strategic Area: Health Care Grant provided $10,000 in hearing aids to be used as loaners for children 0-18 years. Role: PI, 2009-present Gallaudet University Bakke and Xu (Co-PIs ) (2006). An automatic fitting algorithm for cochlear implants, NIDRR H133G060065. Role: Research Audiologist/Grant writer Verhoff, Adamovich and Burger (2007). Survey of technology use and audiological/aural rehabilitation services for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing. Role: Co-PI Selected Service to Community June 2013 to present: Appointed Special Olympics Health Hearing Regional Clinical Director for Tucson April 2012-Volunteer Supervisor for Arizona Special Olympics Healthy Hearing Screening, Mesa, Arizona June 2009-December 2011, Director of state wide program, Kentucky Special Olympics-Director of State Level Healthy Hearing Program, State Clinical Director for Healthy Hearing. Coordinated and supervised multi-step hearing screening of Special Olympics athletes at the annual KY Summer Games August 2008 Dec 2011, Clinic outreach, Model Lab School Elementary School Hearing Screenings. August 2010 Dec 2011, Migrant Head Start Program/Community Action Council. Supervised graduate student in conducting speech/language screenings in Spanish to Richmond, Kentucky area Migrant Head Start program. Performed hearing screenings for same children August 2009 - September 2009, Public Elementary School Hearing Screenings
Adamovich CV Page 5 June 2001-2004, Director of state wide program, Maryland Special Olympics-Director of State Level Healthy Hearing Program, State Clinical Director for Healthy Hearing. Coordinates and supervised multi-step hearing screening of Special Olympics athletes at the annual KY Summer Games