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Leah Light

Sarasota,FL

Summary

As a very dedicated and motivated pediatric audiologist, I am a detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. I enjoy collaborating with other professionals who also want to make a difference in the lives of children by helping to improve their sensory processing so that they can achieve whatever goals they wish to pursue.

Overview

38
38
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Audiologist

Brainchild Institute, Inc.
10.2000 - Current

Business owner and operator of a private pediatric audiology practice specializing evaluation and remediation of hearing loss and auditory processing disorders. Provide routine hearing evaluations, impedance testing, auditory evoked potential testing, otoacoustic emissions testing, hearing aid fitting, dispensing, and follow-up, assistive listening device fitting and dispensing, auditory processing evaluations, auditory processing remediation using a traditional and non-traditional interventions, Certified Core Specialist in the Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI) method for primary reflex assessment and integration.

Clinical Audiologist

Myles K. Krieger, M.D.
03.2008 - 05.2016

Contracted, part-time position to do audiological and vestibular testing for adults and children in a private, otolaryngology practice. Hearing aid fitting, dispensing, and follow-up were also provided.

Clinical Audiologist

Developmental Pediatrics
10.1999 - 04.2001

Part-time, pediatric audiologist with a child development team. Responsibilities included routine hearing testing, impedance measures, otoacoustic emissions testing, auditory processing evaluations, auditory evoked potential testing, hearing aid fitting and dispensing, assistive listening device fitting and dispensing, collaboration with developmental pediatrician and other child development team members to determine most appropriate assessments and interventions for patients.

Clinical Audiologist

Self-employed, Private Contractor
02.1996 - 10.1999

Auditory testing of newborns in NICU (Broward General Hospital), hearing screenings, comprehensive hearing evaluations, brainstem auditory evoked potential testing, otoacoustic emissions testing, hearing aid fitting and dispensing, hearing aid follow-up, collaboration with child development team, parent counseling for management of hearing impaired children.

Clinical Audiologist

South Miami Hospital
10.1994 - 01.1996

Worked as pediatric audiologist providing auditory evoked potential testing in the NICU, tested children in the clinic for hearing, middle ear functioning, acoustic reflex threshold testing, otoacoustic emissions, provided hearing aid fitting and dispensing, hearing aid follow-up, parent counseling, collaboration and grand rounds with child development team.

Clinical Audiologist

Hearing Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
04.1987 - 09.1994

Owner and operator of HEAR center. Hearing evaluations, hearing aid fitting and dispensing, hearing aid follow-up for adults. Contracted with local ENTs on a part-time basis; provided hearing and vestibular evaluations for adults and children.

Clinical Audiologist

James Walker, M.D.
03.1986 - 02.1987

Provided hearing and vestibular evaluations for adult patients in a private ENT setting, hearing aid fitting and dispensing, hearing aid follow-up.

Education

Au.D. - Audiology

A.T. Still University
Mesa, AZ
06.2006

Master of Science - Audiology

University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
05.1986

Bachelor of Arts - Special Education

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
12.1982

Skills

Clinical audiologist with a strong background in pediatrics, neurodevelopment, evaluation and remediation of hearing loss, vestibular deficits, and Auditory Processing Disorder

Affiliations

  • ASHA, AAA, FLASHA, MNRI

Certification

CCC-A, MNRI Core Specialist

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Clinical Audiologist

Myles K. Krieger, M.D.
03.2008 - 05.2016

Clinical Audiologist

Brainchild Institute, Inc.
10.2000 - Current

Clinical Audiologist

Developmental Pediatrics
10.1999 - 04.2001

Clinical Audiologist

Self-employed, Private Contractor
02.1996 - 10.1999

Clinical Audiologist

South Miami Hospital
10.1994 - 01.1996

Clinical Audiologist

Hearing Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
04.1987 - 09.1994

Clinical Audiologist

James Walker, M.D.
03.1986 - 02.1987

Au.D. - Audiology

A.T. Still University

Master of Science - Audiology

University of South Florida

Bachelor of Arts - Special Education

University of Florida
Leah Light