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Dr. Becky Braun

Instructional Assistant Professor and Clinical Educator - AUD
Communication Sci & Disorders
Office
FH Fairchild Hall 217g
Office Hours
By appointment
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Biography

Dr. Braun has been an instructional assistant professor and clinical educator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders since 2019. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology, is board certified in audiology with a specialty certification in pediatric audiology and certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Earlier in her career, Dr. Braun worked at a private otolaryngology practice and a regional medical center, where she helped establish an inter-professional cochlear implant program. Dr. Braun’s clinical interests include early assessment and treatment of pediatric patients, adult hearing evaluations with hearing aid and cochlear implant treatment, as well as vestibular diagnostics and rehabilitation. Throughout her career, she has supervised audiology graduate students as well as being shadowed by undergraduate students and physicians in training.

Current Courses

532.001Advanced Pediatric Audiology

536.001Implantable Auditory Protheses

299.017Independent Honor Study

287.009Independent Study

538.001Vestibular Evaluation And Rehabilitation

526.001Auditory Processing & Disorders

520.001Essential Techniques In Audiology

287.020Independent Study

523.001Pediatric Audiology

Teaching Interests & Areas

Pediatric Audiology (CSD 523 and CSD 532), Auditory Processing & Disorders (CSD 526), Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CSD 536), Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation Training (CSD 351), Essential Techniques in Audiology (CSD 520)

AuD Audiology

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

MS Speech and Hearing Science

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI

Bachelor of Arts Communicative Disorders

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI

Academy Scholar

American Academy of Audiology
2024

Audiology Faculty of the Year

Student Speech and Hearing Association
2023

Audiology Faculty of the Year

Student Speech and Hearing Association
2022

Academy Scholar

American Academy of Audiology
2021

Audiology Faculty of the Year

Student Speech and Hearing Association
2021

Living our Values Award: Learning and Scholarship

Illinois State University
2021

Award for Continuing Education (ACE)

American Speech Language Hearing Association
2016

George Osborne Outstanding Clinical Educator Award

Illinois Academy of Audiology
2008