This award supports strong candidates pursuing careers in clinical audiology and private practice. Available to audiology graduate students, the award of $1,000 is given to 10 deserving recipients.
2011 Scholarships have been awarded.
If you are interested in applying for the 2012 scholarship, check back in the first quarter of 2012 for the new scholarship information.
All applicants must be:
Previous winners may not re-apply.
Priority will be given to those with full-time status of 9 credit hours or more per semester.
Recipients will be notified regarding disbursement procedures.
Recipients of the Starkey scholarships demonstrate leadership in academic achievement, career goals, research interests, motivations for studying audiology and more.
Courtney Luffler is a third year Au.D. student at Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium/University of Akron. She was driven to pursue graduate study in audiology because of her passion to provide individuals with the ability to hear the sounds that others often disregard. After graduation she hopes to pursue a special certificate that would allow her to work with cochlear implant recipients. Luffler is involved in a number of groups including the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), Ohio Academy of Audiology and the Student Academy of Audiology's (SAA) local chapter, of which she is the current treasurer.
Dana Matthyssen is a third year Au.D. student at Missouri State University. Her motivation to study audiology stems from the wide range of extracurricular activities she was involved in during her undergraduate studies that included a volunteer position in occupational therapy and speech language pathology and audiology. Matthyssen's ultimate goal is to own her own audiology practice. Matthyssen is involved in a number of groups including Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), Missouri Academy of Audiology (MAA) and the SAA.
A third year Au.D. student at Lamar University, Deyanira Gonzalez hopes to make a difference in her community of Rio Grande Valley. She is interested in providing services across multicultural populations and documenting the journey someone from a third world country goes through when receiving amplification via assistance and how this can impacts their lives – this will be the focus of her Capstone project. Gonzalez is involved in a number of organizations including the SAA and the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA).
A third year Au.D. student at Purdue University, Dyanna Hamstra is interested in working closely with individuals suffering from hearing loss, explaining assistive technologies to facilitate everyday activities, and teaching helpful strategies for interpersonal relationships. Hamstra's experience includes working as a lab manager at Purdue University Experimental Amplification Research Lab as well as an Audiological Assistant at Purdue's audiology clinic.
Jacqueline Hackbarth is a fourth year Au.D. student at the University of Iowa. Her interest in audiology stems from her concern with the speech and language outcomes of children with hearing loss, particularly their social and emotional well being and improving their quality of life. Upon completion of her degree, Hackbarth intends to specialize in pediatric audiology. She is a member of the SAA, AAA and Iowa Speech-Language-Hearing Association, among other organizations.
A third year Au.D. student at the Long Island Audiology Consortium-Adelphi University, Kristin Baldwin's ultimate goal is to own her own practice. Her interest in audiology began with her love of American Sign Language and her passion for helping others. Her experiences at the clinics of Adelphi, Hofstra and St. John's Universities have prepared her for the field. Baldwin is involved in numerous organizations including Long Island Speech-Language-Hearing Association (LISHA) and STEP Hearing Wellness Campaign, and more.
A third year Au.D. student at University of Florida, Kari Morgenstein's passion for audiology began during her 10 years as a volunteer for the Special Olympics. It was through this that she realized the high prevalence of hearing loss in this population and the crucial role that audiologists play in the lives of the athletes with hearing loss. Morgenstein has worked with various populations and in several diverse clinical settings. Most recently, she was elected President of the National SAA where she will lead more than 1,600 members.
Julie Wheeler is a third year Au.D. student at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. Wheeler was born with a cholesteatoma in her left middle ear but was not diagnosed until six years old, which left her with permanent hearing loss in her left ear. She wants to take her experiences and knowledge to help others who are hearing impaired, because those people made such a large impact on her life. Wheeler has completed more than 150 clinical research hours including projects on hearing aids with frequency compression, FM systems and cochlear implant studies. Wheeler's goal is to be involved in her community and continue to educate people on the importance of audiologists.
A third year Au.D. student at the Unversity of Maryland, Viral Tejani's friendship with a hearing impaired person and experience with his own hearing loss himself drove him to audiology. His clinical training includes audiological and vestibular assessments, dispensing amplification and more. Recently he has begun training in cochlear implant audiology and is interested in helping the severely hearing impaired population who cannot benefit from hearing aids. Tejani serves as the current Vice President of the Hearing Loss Association of Washington, D.C., and is a member of numerous organizations including the American Auditory Society (AAS) and the University of Maryland's chapter of the SAA.
A third year Au.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh, Mary Catherine Denman's interest in audiology began during the second year of her undergraduate degree when she began to learn the basics of hearing and hearing loss. Her clinical interests have focused on the pediatric population and she aspires to become an expert in pediatric audiology. Denman's goal is to either work at a children's hospital or in an otolaryngologist's office. Denman is involved in several organizations including the SAA, the Pennsylvania Academy of Audiology, AAA, among others.