CURRICULUM VITAE

April 2007

Tammy L. Fredrickson

 

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Current             Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

1998                            M.S., University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; Audiology

1996                            B.S., University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; Communicative Disorders

 

 

CERTIFICATION

 

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology -- the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2005 – current              PRN audiologist, Boulder Medical Center, Boulder, CO

Responsibilities:  diagnostic audiology – including all populations; see private patients as well as those seeing ENT; hearing aid repairs/modifications as needed

 

2003                            Audiologist, Grason-Stadler, Inc (GSI), Madison, WI

                                    Responsibilities:  travel in order to train sales staff in use and troubleshooting of a newborn hearing screening device capable of ABR and OAE testing, travel in order to train nursery employees in use and troubleshooting of newborn hearing screening device and troubleshooting, attend trade shows where newborn hearing screening device was displayed and demonstrated to attendees

 

1998 – 2002                Pediatric Audiologist, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO

                                    Responsibilities:  comprehensive diagnostic audiology including ABR, OAE, and behavioral testing of children – newborn through 21; NICU hearing screening and diagnostic testing; fitting of amplification – newborn through 21;  patient and family counseling; research as time permits

 

2001 – 2002                Research Audiologist, Everest BioMedical Instruments, St. Louis, MO

                                    Responsibilities:  organization/implementation of research protocols for a handheld ABR/OAE screening device

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

 

American Academy of Audiology

 

 

 

 

SERVICE

 

2003, 2005                  Mante, Mexico -- Procure supplies and equipment for annuall medical mission trip to test hearing and fit amplification for children and adults; during 6 day clinic, the audiology group tests hearing of 300-400 people and fits approximately 200 hearing aids

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

2007                “Tots to Teens and Beyond: Auditory Development”; instructional session presented at American Academy of Audiology national convention, Denver, CO  April 2007

 

2006                “Infant Speech Discrimination and Hearing Loss”; instructional session presented at American Academy of Audiology national convention, Minneapolis, MN  April 2006

 

“VRISD: Visual Reinforcement Infant Speech Perception”; presented at Ultimate Colorado Mid-Winter Meeting, Vail, CO  January 2006

 

2005                “A Tool for Assessing Infant Speech Perception:  VRISD”; presented at Frontiers in Hearing:  Emerging Practices, Breckenridge, CO  July 2005

 

                        “A Tool for Assessing Infant Speech Perception:  VRISD”; instructional session presented at American Academy of Audiology national convention, Washington, D.C.  April 2005

 

1999                “Dichotic Chord Identification By Music and non-Music Students”; poster presentation at American Academy of Audiology conference

 

1997                “Effect of Reinforcement on Central Auditory Processing Tasks”; poster presentation at Wisconsin Speech-Language-Hearing Association

 

 

 

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

 

2005-2006                   Ultimate Colorado Mid-Winter Meeting

 

2005                            Frontiers in Hearing:  Emerging Practices

 

2002, 2003                  Colorado Academy of Audiology                     

 

1999 – 2001, 2004 -   American Academy of Audiology

 2007  

 

1997                            Wisconsin Speech-Language-Hearing Association

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE – instructor of record

 

Fall 2002                      SLHS 4704 – Audiological Assessment

Spring 2003                 SLHS 1010 – Disabilities in Contemporary American Society

Fall 2003                      SLHS 1010  - Disabilities in Contemporary American Society

Spring 2004                 SLHS 1010 -  Disabilities in Contemporary American Society

 

 

RESEARCH
 
2002–current          VRISD – Visual Reinforcement Infant Speech Discrimination (University of Colorado) 
·                            Overall Goal: Develop an effective, reliable technique for assessing speech perception in infants and toddlers with hearing loss for use in both research and clinic.
·                            Uses/Benefits:
        • Learn more about the auditory and linguistic development of infants with hearing loss
        • Improve hearing aid and cochlear implant technology for infants
        • Assess and improve habilitation (i.e., therapy) techniques for infants with hearing loss
        • Learn more about the psychoacoustic/neurological properties of hard of hearing babies’ auditory systems
        • Improve and individualize the fitting/programming of hearing aids through speech discrimination testing of infants in the clinic
        • Help assess cochlear implant candidacy in infants
        • Assist in adjustment of cochlear implant maps
        • Monitor therapy progress of individual infants

 

2001 – 2002                 Newborn Hearing Screening (St. Louis Children’s Hospital)

      • Recruit subjects
      • Train other research personnel in use of device
      • Test subjects
      • Develop data tracking forms
      • Statistical analysis of data
 
2001                       Otoreflectance (St. Louis Children’s Hospital)
·                           Work with Welch-Allen to investigate otoreflectance and middle ear infections
 
1996-1998             Central Auditory Processing (University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point)
·                           Investigate central auditory processing abilities in normal hearing adults
·                           Collect normative data on elderly adults 
·                           Explore hypothesized impact of musical ability on performance of perception of dichotic chords task