Expert Details
Auditory Bioengineering, Sensory Aids, Hearing Loss, Passive & Active Protectors
ID: 714644
California, USA
Expert is a member of the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Working Group S3/WG48 on Hearing Aids, which continually revises Standard ANSI S3.22, "American National Standard: Specification of Hearing Aid Characteristics" (most recent revision - 2003).
Expert has had past experience and has continuing interest in the design and deployment of sensory aids for the deaf, blind, and deaf-blind.
Expert has had some success in resolving technical as well as management communication difficulties between interacting groups and individuals in industrial, academic, and clinical settings.
Expert has done research on cochlear neurophysiology, particularly electric volume conduction effects on the transduction process,and has continuing interest in active cochlear processes, the role of outer and inner hair cells and efferents.
At UCSF, Expert did research on rehabilitation of the profoundly hearing impaired, and fit hearing aids on patients who were otherwise candidates for cochlear implants. He chaired the Research Advisory Committee for the Helen Keller Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults and investigated tactual communication schemes for the deaf.
He has extensive older experience in electronic design, manufacturing and field engineering.
He worked with The Engineering Consortium, a developer of integrated circuits for the hearing aid industry: Design of programs used to specify electro-acoustic characteristics in multi-memory hearing aid circuits, screen displays that are user-friendly to fitters, tests for speech quality, and hearing-aid programming schemes for semi-skilled dispensers. He advised a major battery manufacturer on technical and marketing aspects of hearing aid batteries.He advised a hearing aid component manufacturer on contact bounce in a switch.He provided information to a venture capital firm about a proposed new hi-tech hearing aid.He advised a major manufacturer on compression to be used in FAA headsets.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1980 | Degree: MA | Subject: Audiology | Institution: University of Iowa |
| Year: 1970 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Sensory Systems | Institution: University of California - L.A. |
| Year: 1964 | Degree: ME | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: Yale University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1979 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:He conducts independent research and consulting in audiology and engineering. Examples are work for a developer of integrated circuits for the hearing aid industry, and for a variety of clients including component manufacturers, researchers and consumers, ranging in size from individuals and small nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies. Until 2001 he practiced Hearing Aid Dispensing and Audiology as The Hearing Center in Redwood City, CA. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1979 | Employer: Univ. of Cal. | Title: Specialist | Department: Dept. of Otolaryngology |
Responsibilities:He did research on rehabilitation of the profoundly hearing impaired. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1972 to 1975 | Employer: Committee on Prosthetics R&D | Title: Senior Staff Officer | Department: National Academy of Sciences |
Responsibilities:Coordinated research, development and clinical evaluation of communication aids for the deaf, blind and multiply handicapped. Organized workshops, panels, meetings, site visits and proposal reviews, and prepared associated reports. Surveyed ongoing projects in U.S. and abroad, developed census information for various impairments, and provided information exchange. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1964 to 1967 | Employer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Title: Research Engineer | Department: Space Flight Operations |
Responsibilities:Systems engineering, project management and coordination. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1959 to 1964 | Employer: Epsco, Inc. | Title: Project Manager/Supervisory Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Design, development and field checkout of Navy and NASA electronic and computer equipment. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1957 to 1959 | Employer: Intelligent Machines Research Corporation | Title: Field Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Checkout, test and field trials of optical reading machines, resulting in successful commercial use. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1954 to 1956 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: RCA Service Corporation, Camden, NJ. 1954-1956. Field Engineer at U.S. Army Signal School in Germany: Technical adviser; solved repair problems on tactical Signal Corps and airborne communication, navigation, teletype and radar equipment. Supervised foreign language instruction of NATO students. Organized “crash” course in new tactical microwave equipment; trained instructors, wrote all course material, taught students and supervised field problems. |
| Years: 1956 to 1957 | Country / Region: Japan | Summary: He provided liaison between U.S. Signal Corps and Japanese manufacturers of electronic equipment. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| He is a member of the Acoustical Society of America, the American Auditory Society, and the International Society of Audiology. Past memberships include the American Academy of Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, California Academy of Audiology, the Bay Area Audiology Group, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He was on the Research Advisory Committees for the Helen Keller Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (Chairman) and the Gallaudet College Rehabilitation Engineering Center |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Former California licenses in Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert set a record at Epsco in electronic equipment reliability through engineering and project management. He had Public Health Service Special Fellowships at UCLA and the University of Iowa. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has more than 15 publications in audiology, hearing science and hearing aids. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has advised clients preparing for liability court cases. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| He has made numerous presentations to clinicians, engineers, students and the public on hearing loss and hearing aids; he developed and taught a course on military electronic communication equipment. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert is available for consultation and vendor selection for hearing aids and other communication aids for the hearing impaired. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He has worked in the electronics industry and is especially familiar with manufacturers of hearing aids and their components. He can be of help in interpreting marketing claims. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has had some success in resolving technical as well as management communication difficulties between interacting groups and individuals in industrial, academic, and clinical settings. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| German | Expert speaks, reads and writes German. |
| French | He reads and somewhat speaks French. |
Fields of Expertise
hearing aid, audiology, hearing loss, hearing, standard, American National Standards Institute, sensory aid, management guidance, auditory physiology, deafness, electronics engineering, cochlear implant, sensory, pediatric otolaryngology, otolaryngology, reliability engineering, communications device, hearing aid manufacturing, speech signal processing, audiometer, vendor selection, communications technology, hearing process, signal-to-noise ratio, medical device reliability testing, medical device manufacturing quality control, hearing psychology, auditory neurophysiology, auditory psychophysics, prosthesis, project scheduling, electric circuit, biotechnology modeling, analog circuit, Americans with Disabilities Act