Sherry C Ducombs
Sacramento CA 95817
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EDUCATION
****-**** ***., ***********, ********** of Gainesville, Gainesville, FL
****-**** ****** ** ***s, Psychology, Boston University
1974-1976 Master of Communication Disorders, Audiology, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
1970-1973 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology/ French, SLU Hammond, LA
EXPERIENCE
July 2021-February 2024 Audiologist, Veteran’s disability
Diagnosis of hearing loss and tinnitus related to military noise exposure.
June 2017-July 2001 Owner, Audiologist, Audiology Associates, Hammond, LA
Hearing evaluations, hearing aid consultations and fitting, and Veteran’s disability assessments
Supervision of graduate students
Hearing consultation for fire and police departments, including hearing testing of all employees, sound level measurements of fire and police equipment to determine progression of hearing loss related to noise exposure.
Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation of benign postural positional repositioning
May 2001-August 2016 Audiologist/ Clinical Instructor, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Management of hearing screening programs for Head Start and privately contracted private schools throughout metropolitan New Orleans
Teaching and supervision of graduate students in a clinic setting.
September 1998-May 2000 Research Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA
Co-investigator of frontal lobe/ temporal lobe abnormalities in borderline personality disordered.
Examination and analysis data pertinent to schizophrenic patients to investigate language deficits specific to auditory processing disorders.
July 1984-September 1998, Clinical Audiologist, Co-owner, Brookline ENT, Boston, MA
Managed and administered Audiology practice in ENT setting.
Performed diagnostic assessment of auditory and vestibular performance for ENT Physicians
Fit and dispensed hearing aids, FM systems and listening devices.
Performed and analyzed diagnostic central auditory processing evaluations in language compromised patients.
Lectured at Boston College and UMass to Physician residents.
July 1985-19April 77, Clinical Audiologist, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Diagnosed and provided appropriate management for blind and deaf blind students.
Supervised and trained Northwestern and Boston University graduate students
February 1985-June 1988, Clinical Audiologist, Newton Wellesley Hospital
Diagnostic Audiologist in ENT setting
June 1977-May 1978 University of Northwestern University, Greeley, Colorado
Vestibular/ balance assessment with videonystagmography testing
Infant screening of all newborns in inpatient hospital settings