Pediatric Advisory Board

 

 

The Phonak Pediatric Advisory Board

The Phonak Pediatric Advisory Board was founded in 1998 by a group of key opinion leaders, researchers and experts in the field of pediatric audiology. The board continues today to help guide future products and services. Over the last couple of decades the board has come together once a year to share their own research projects and findings and to also help recommend and support industry best practices in pediatric audiology. 

Members of the board include researchers and professors in pediatric audiology, master pediatric clinicians and parents of children with hearing loss. Geographically the members come from around the world and represent the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and South Africa.

 
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Individual members of the board contribute to Phonak pediatrics in a variety of ways, including:

  • Chairing and developing the program for Phonak international pediatric conferences
  • Providing feedback and conducting research on product and feature developments
  • Developing and writing fitting protocols for pediatric hearing instruments and features
  • Providing guidance on default hearing aid features for children
  • Writing and reviewing the new series of Pediatric Focus papers
 

Advisory Board Members

Portrait Tharpe
 

Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD

Pediatric Advisory Board Chair
Professor & Chair
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Vanderbilt University, USA

 
Portrait Bohnert
 

Andrea Bohnert, MTA-F

Senior MTA-F Pedaudiology
University Medical Center
University Mainz, Germany

 
Portrait DesGeorge
 

Janet DesGeorges

Executive Director
Hands & Voices, USA

 
Portrait Munro
 

Kevin J. Munro, PhD

Ewing Professor of Audiology
Director of Research
Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness
University of Manchester, UK

 
Portrait Scollie
 

Susan Scollie, PhD

Associate Professor
Western University, Canada

 
Portrait Wolfe
 

Jace Wolfe, PhD

Director of Audiology
Hearts for Hearing, USA

 
 
Portrait Bagatto
 

Marlene Bagatto, AuD, PhD

Research Associate
Western University, Canada

 
Portrait Davis
 

Adrian Davis, OBE, PhD

Owner
Ad Cave Solutions Limited, UK

 
Portrait Lewis
 

Dawna Lewis, PhD

Director Listening & Learning Laboratory
Boys Town National Research Hospital, USA

 
Portrait Roush
 

Patricia Roush, AuD

Associate Professor
Director of Pediatric Audiology
University of North Carolina, USA

 
Portrait Swanepoel
 

DeWet Swanepoel, PhD

Professor, Dept of Speech and Language
Pathology & Audiology
University of Pretoria, South Africa

 
 

Phonak and Sonova Members

Portrait Dijkstra
 

Evert Dijkstra

Managing Director
Phonak Communications AG, Switzerland

 
Portrait Rich
 

Stacey Rich, MClAud

Global Pediatric Audiology Manager
Phonak HQ, Switzerland

 
Portrait Jones
 

Christine Jones, AuD

Director of Phonak Audiology Research Center
Phonak, USA

 
 
Portrait Pelosi
 

Angela Pelosi, B.Sc.(Hons) Dip.Aud

Global Head of Pediatrics
Phonak HQ, Switzerland

 
Portrait Boretzki
 

Michael Boretzki, PhD

Science & Technology Program Owner
Sonova AG, Switzerland

 
Portrait Spahr
 

Tony Spahr, PhD

Director of Audiology
Advanced Bionics, USA

 
 
 

Pediatric Focus Series

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