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Henry P. Trahan

Resume

Business Address: The Arizona School of Health Sciences

School of Audiology

5850 E. Still Circle

Mesa, AZ 85206

Age: 66

Date of Birth: June 1, 1953

Marital Status: Married

Children: One

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida

Doctor of Audiology

Degree conferred May 5, 2001

THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Masters of Communicative Disorders, Audiology

Diploma Awarded: August 1977

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Bachelor of Arts, Speech Pathology and Audiology Completed: December 1975

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

The ARIZONA Hearing and Balance Center. Consulting Audiologist. November 2004 – March 2005

ACI HEARING and BALANCE CENTER, AN AUDIO-VESTIBULAR LABORATORY, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Director / Senior Audiologist / Owner, July 1985 to December, 2001.

ST. BRENDAN REHABILITATION & SPECIALITY HOSPITAL, Lafayette, Louisiana. Allied Health Consultant in Audiology, 1998 to December, 2001

SURGERY CENTER, INC., Lafayette, Louisiana. Allied Health Consultant in Audiology. 1987 to December, 2001.

NORTH COLLEGE POINT HEARING CENTER, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Director of Audiology, February 1985 to March 1986.

MOBILE HEALTH TEST SERVICES, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Director of Audiology, August 1980 to February 1985.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Audiology Instructor, graduate and undergraduate teaching. July 1979 to August, 1980.

MOBILE, (AL) EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICAL ASSOCIATES,P.A., Mobile, Alabama. Staff Audiologist, August 1977 to October 1978.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL, New Orleans, Louisiana

Clinical Fellow, Audiology, August 1976 to July 1977.

The above duties include(d) comprehensive audiological behavioral assessment, Electrophysiologic Indices of Auditory Function (Auditory Brainstem Response Testing, Otoacoustic Emission Testing) Electronystagmography, balance function assessment, vestibular rehabilitation (canalith repositioning), hearing aid selections, fittings and dispensing (utilizing real-ear and conventional methods with digital and computer programmable hearing aids and conventional hearing aids), complete industrial audiology services, aural rehabilitation, and tinnitus treatment therapy. Services and clinic administered to all age groups from newborn to geriatric.

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS / DIRECTORSHIPS

Member, Advisory Council For The Program of Early Identification of

Hearing-Impaired Infants, State of Louisiana. Appointed 1992 through

1994.

Secretary/Treasurer, T-Squared Corporation, dba, ACI Hearing Center,

Lafayette, LA., May, 1988 to September, 1984.

Clinical Director, General Hearing Instruments, Inc., New Orleans, LA.

March, 1986 to November, 1992.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

The ARIZONA SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, Mesa, AZ.

Assistant Professor of Audiology, December 2001 June26, 2019. Taught Anatomy and Physiology of the Vestibular and Auditory Systems, Acquired Disorders of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems, Otoacoustic Emissions, Neurodiagnostics I and II, Vestibular Assessment and Treatment I and II.

The UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL.

Adjunct Distance Learning Faculty. June 2001 to December, 2001.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA, Lafayette, LA.

Instructor of Communicative Disorders, August, 1986 to May 1987;

August, 1990.

Invited Lecturer, August 1987 December, 2001.

Clinical Supervisor, Off-Campus Practicum, August, 1985 to present. Externship Supervisor, The Florida State University (1987), University of Houston (1998), The University of Southwestern Louisiana, graduate audiology students.

Courses taught include, Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory System, Amplification for the Hearing-Impaired, Industrial Audiology, Advanced Audiometric Testing, Instrumentation, Auditory Evoked Potentials, Tinnitus Assessment and Management, Vestibular Assessment and Management, Infection Control (graduate level); Hearing Testing, Introduction to Audiology, and Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms (undergraduate and graduate level).

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

PUBLICATIONS:

Trahan, H.P., Buck TP, Hale, T.D. Handbook of Clinical Audiology. Chapter 20: Evaluation of Patients with Dizziness and Balance Disorders. 7th ed. New York: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014

Trahan, H.P., Parent-Buck, T., Wendel, O.T. (2007). Pharmacotherapeutics and Patient Factors. In Campbell, K., Pharmacology and Ototoxicity for Audiologists. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson, Delmar Learning

Trahan, H.P., Augustine, L.E., Rigo, T.G., and Juneau, R.P., and Chastant, B.J. (1994). Fitting the Atretic Patient, A case Study. The Hearing Journal, (3), 21-22; 35-36.

Trahan, H.P., and Rigo, T.G., (1993). The infant/toddler hearing evaluation: What the audiologist can tell us. In Billeaud, F., Communication disorders in infants and toddlers: Assessment and Management. Reading, M.A.: Andover Medical Publishers.

Rigo, T.G., and Trahan, H.P., (1991). Clinical evaluation of canal open-ear amplification for the high frequency hearing-impaired. The Hearing Journal, 44, 6, 22-28.

Rigo, T.G., Augustine, L.E., and Trahan, H.P., (1988) A comparative study of two self-adaptive noise filtering techniques. Journal of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology, 21, 129-142.

SCIENTIFIC/CONVENTIONS:

Heick J, Hale TD, Lynskey JV & Trahan HP. Can Imaginary Whole-body Rotation Induce Eye Movements? Poster presented at American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. February 3-6, 2014.

Trahan, HP & Hale, TD. Dizzy Kids: What Educational Audiologists Need to Know About Vestibular Disorders In Children. Educational Audiology Association (EAA) Summer Conference. Co-presented to conference attendees at annual EAA convention on balance disorders in children. Scottsdale, AZ. June, 2013.

Trahan, HP. & Hale, TD. Canalith Repositioning for BPPV: An Evidence-Based Review and Practice-Centered Approach to Treatment. Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) National Convention 2012, Phoenix Rising. Co-presented to conference attendees at annual ADA convention on BPPV management. Phoenix, AZ. November, 2012.

Grants / Funding

McLeod TV, Hale TD, Heick J & Trahan HP. (2013). Improving Outcomes with Vestibular Rehabilitation in Concussed Adolescents. Co-investigator. A.T. Still University Strategic Research Fund Grant.  $27,515 

Trahan, H.P. (September 2001). Otoacoustic Emissions: Clinical Applications for the School Based Audiologist. Presented to the Speech Pathologists and Audiologists in Louisiana Schools (SPALS), Ninth Annual Conference. Alexandria, LA.

Trahan, H.P. (September 2001). The Internet: Searching and Search Engines for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Presented to the Speech Pathologists and Audiologists in Louisiana Schools (SPALS), Ninth Annual Conference. Alexandria, LA.

Trahan, H.P., and Desormeaux, S., (October, 1998). Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of the “Dizzy” Patient; The ENG, Balance Function Assessment and Vestibular Rehabilitation. Presented at the Annual Convention of The Louisiana Speech -Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.

Trahan, H.P., Augustine, L.E., Rigo, T.G., and Juneau, R.P., (1993). Fitting the Atretic Patient: A Case Study. Poster Presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Anaheim, CA.

Trahan, H.P., (1990). Use of Electrophysiologic Indices of Auditory Function (ABR) in selection of amplification systems for infants, children and difficult to test patients. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Lafayette, LA.

Trahan, H.P., Juneau, R.P., and Rigo, T.G., (1990). The Canal Open-Ear High Frequency Emphasis Hearing Aid in fitting high frequency sensorineural hearing loss. Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Hearing Industries Association, Nashville, TN.

Trahan, H.P., Simhadri, S., Arehole, S., Augustine, L.E., (1990). Middle Latency Responses in children with learning disabilities. Presented to the Annual Convention of the American Auditory Society, Seattle, WA.

Trahan, H.P., (1990). State of the art in signal processing hearing aids. Presented to the Annual Convention of the Alabama Association of Hearing Aid Dispensers, Mobile, AL.

Trahan, H.P., Rigo, T.G., Augustine, L.E., (1987). Comparison of commercially available self-adaptive noise filtering hearing aids. Presented to the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.

SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS:

“Otoacoustic Emissions: Clinical Applications”. Presented to The SPALS (Speech Pathologists and Audiologist of Louisiana Schools) Annual Convention, Alexandria, Louisiana . September, 2001.

“The Internet and Search Engines for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists”. Presented to The SPALS (Speech Pathologists and Audiologist of Louisiana Schools) Annual Convention, Alexandria, Louisiana . September, 2001.

“The Internet for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists”. April 1, 2000. Delivered to the Spring Meeting of The Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Lafayette, La.

“Private Practice in Audiology: Ethics and Operations” March 24, 2000. Delivered to the Audiology Graduate Students of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. Lee Mendoza, Ph.D. Faculty Liaison.

“Balance Function Assessment: Diagnosis and Treatment” (1999) Presented at the Annual Convention of The Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Lafayette, LA.

“Vestibular Autorotation Testing and Vestibular Rehabilitation” (1999). Presented to Lafayette Otolaryngology Group at their monthly meeting.

“Balance Function Assessment and Vestibular Rehabilitation” (1998). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Speech-Language and Hearing Association. New Orleans, LA.

“Otoacoustic Emissions: Clinical Applications” (1996). Presented to area Audiologists and Physicians, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. Lafayette, LA.

“Digitally Programmable Hearing Aids, Case Studies” (1991). Presented to the Baton Rouge Audiology Group. Baton Rouge, LA.

“Audiology and the Pediatric Patient” (1987). Presented to the Acadiana Area Pediatrics Association. Lafayette, LA.

“Audiology and the Family Practioner” (1987). Presented to the Acadiana Family Practice Association, Lafayette, LA.

“The Auditory Brainstem Response used for hearing sensitivity measurements (1988). Presented to the Acadiana Area Otorhinolaryngology Association. Lafayette, LA.

Audiology Program Chair: Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention (1991). New Orleans, LA.

Audiology Program Chair: Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention (1992). Monroe, LA.

Audiology Program Chair: Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention (1993). Lake Charles, LA.

AWARDS

Awarded, Fellow of the Association, by the Louisiana-Speech-Language-Hearing Association. For Significant Contributions to the Profession of Audiology and to the State Association. November, 1999

Special Recognition Award. Presented by the Louisiana-Speech-Language-Hearing Association. For Significant Contributions to the Professions of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the State of Louisiana. Presented October 17, 1998.

Special Recognition Award. Presented by The Department of Communicative Disorders, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. For Commitment of Professional Expertise to Clinical Training of Graduate Students. Presented April 26, 1994.

Special Recognition Award. Presented by the Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association. For Significant Contributions to the Professions of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in the State of Louisiana. Presented October 2, 1993.

Member, International Society of Audiology

Advisory Member, The Council for the Program of Early Identification of Hearing-Impaired Infants in Louisiana (1992-1994).

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

City Council (Alderman), Village of Maurice, LA . Elected to office in October, 1998 for four year term of office.

Assistant Cubmaster, Pack 326, Abbeville, Louisiana , Evangeline Area Boy Scouts of America, 1997 to 1999.

Member Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church Council, Maurice, Louisiana. 1997 to May, 1999.

REFERENCES

Available on request.

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