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Dr. Donna S. Wayner is President and CEO of Hear Again, Inc. and the former Director of The Hearing Center at the Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York. She has served as an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Albany Medical College, Adjunct Professor at The College of Saint Rose and consultant to the Deafness Research Foundation and various organizations and agencies. Well known in the field of hearing impairment and rehabilitation, Dr. Wayner has made numerous presentations at national and international conferences.
A published author, she has written several books, book chapters and articles. Her recent books include Learning to Hear Again: An Audiologic Rehabilitation Guide, Hear What You've Been Missing: Coping with Hearing Loss, Learning to Hear Again with a Cochlear Implant: Clinician's Manual, A User's Guide and A Personal Journal, Better Communication and Hearing Aids: Guide to Hearing Aid Use, Hearing and Learning: A Guide to Helping Children and Voices from a Quieter Land: Insights Into the Impact of Hearing Impairment.
She has received many honors including the Outstanding Clinical Achievement in Human Communication Sciences and Disorders in New York State from The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, the New York State Speech-Language Hearing Association nomination for the ASHA Foundation Louis M. DiCarlo Award, the Distinguished Clinician Award from the Capital Area Speech Language and Hearing Association, the Clarke College Outstanding Alumna Award, the Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery and the Professional Advisor Support Award from the New York State Association of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
Dr. Wayner is the founder and professional advisor of H.E.A.R., Hearing Endeavor for the Albany Region, a self-help group for people with hearing impairment in the Capital District. In addition, she is Professional Adviser to the New York State Association of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People.
Dr. Wayner and her husband, Peter, are the parents of three grown children and six grand children.
EDUCATION
1979: Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Major: Interpersonal Communication
Title of Dissertation: "The Impact of Hearing Impairment on an Interpersonal Communication Dyad: The Marriage Relationship".
1962: M.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Major: Audiology
1961: B.A., Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa.
Major: Speech and Drama
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2001 present: Hear Again, Inc., 37 Grandview Drive, Latham, New York
President and CEO of publishing company responsible for writing and all phases of manuscript preparation, publication, marketing and distribution
2000-2001: Hear Again, Inc., 1200 Madison Avenue, Austin, Texas
Co-president of publishing company responsible for writing and all phases of manuscript preparation, publication, marketing and distribution
1999-2001: The Deafness Research Foundation, 1050 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Director of Science and Education, responsible for accuracy of information distribution and exchange.
1994-2000: The Hearing Center, Albany Medical Center Hospital , Albany, New York.
Director, responsible for directing all phases of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology services offered at the Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York.
1981-1994: Hearing Rehabilitation Center, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York.
1987-1994: Director, responsible for directing all phases of rehabilitative audiology service including hearing aid dispensing, hearing aid orientation, counseling and training.
1981-1987: Coordinator-Audiologist,
1986-Present: Consultant to various government agencies, organizations& businesses.
1981-2000: Albany Medical College, Division of Otolaryngology, Albany, New York,
1981-1987: Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
1987-2000: Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
1980-2000: The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York. Adjunct Professor, responsible for clinical supervision of graduate students in the Communication Disorders Program and Instructor of aural rehabilitation and interpersonal communication courses.
1974-1979: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Coordinator, Lecturer, Clinical Practicum Supervisor in a 3-day annual continuing education course "Audiometry and Hearing Conservation in Industry".
1972-1976 and 1978: Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York.
Clinical Audiologist, responsible for administering diagnostic tests, compensation hearing tests, hearing aid evaluations, patient and family counseling in Audiology Department.
1972-1976: Albany Medical College and The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York. Lecturer and Clinical Practicum Supervisor in Audiology for otolaryngology residents, medical students and graduate students in a teaching hospital setting.
1963-1964: Hartford Hearing League, Hartford, Connecticut. Rehabilitative Audiologist responsible for administering diagnostic hearing tests, hearing aid evaluations, patient and family counseling, rehabilitative speech therapy for the hearing impaired, speechreading, coordination of classes, group meetings and scheduling in a single staff social service agency concerned with the psycho-social ramifications of hearing loss.
1962-1963: Veterans' Administration Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Audiology Intern responsible for administering diagnostic hearing tests, compensation hearing tests, and hearing aid evaluations for an adult male population. |
