Dr. Karen Munoz is an assistant professor of audiology and audiology division chair in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University. Dr. Munoz is a certified audiologist and licensed in the state of Utah. Her professional background includes 20+ years of clinical experience in pediatric audiology and dissemination of scholarly research on topics related to childhood hearing loss through publications and presentations. Through her affiliation and role as the associate director of the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management at Utah State University, Dr. Munoz has provided mentoring and technical assistance to professionals involved in the early identification and management of hearing loss at the state, national and international levels. Her research interests include contemporary issues in early hearing detection and intervention, graduate student training and professional development activities that lead to the implementation of evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration for maximizing outcomes for children with hearing loss.
Publications
A Systematic Analysis of Audiological Services
in EHDI (with T. Bradham and L. Nelson), Volta Review (2011)
Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists: Making
Critical Cross-Disciplinary Connections for Quality Care in EHDI (with K. Blaiser), Perpectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Children (2011)
Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention: Diagnostic Hearing Assessment Practices (with L. Nelson, N. Goldgewicht, and D. Odell), American Journal of Audiology (2011)
Integrating the Medical Home
into the EHDI Process: EHDI Coordinators Perspectives (with T. Bradham, J. Hoffman, and K. Houston), Volta Review (2011)
Is the Infrastructure of EHDI
Programs Working? (with K. T. Houston, J. Hoffman, and T. Bradham), Volta Review (2011)
Conributions to Books
Presentations
A Web-based Tool to Identify Pediatric Audiology Facilities (with B. Culpepper), ASHA Audiology Connections (2011)
Challenges in Obtaining an Infant
Diagnostic Hearing Evaluation (with B. Larsen, J. DesGeorges, and L. Nelson), Challenges in Obtaining an Infant
Diagnostic Hearing Evaluation (2011)
Cochlear Implant Training: Intervention
for the Early Interventionists (with C. Pitt, L. Hankins, and T. Houston), Cochlear Implant Training: Intervention
for the Early Interventionists (2011)
Current Practices of FM Use in Preschool Children
with Hearing Loss (with B. Poole and L. Nelson), Current Practices of FM Use in Preschool Children
with Hearing Loss (2011)
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