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Deborah
Dempesy obtained her training in audiology at Northwestern
University in Evanston IL, and graduated with a Masters
Degree in Audiology in 1982. She has 24 years experience
as a clinical audiologist. Dr. Dempesy completed her
clinical doctorate in audiology (AuD) through the Pennsylvania
College of Optometry and Audiology in December 2007.
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She practiced initially as an audiologist in Chicago IL and
for the last 25 years in Boston. Boston work experience includes:
Director of Audiology at Beth Israel Deaconess hospital for
many years, 6 years of consulting work performing hearing
aid clinical research, serving on the Task Force for Infant
Hearing Screening for the state of Massachusetts, assisting
several Boston hospitals setting up Infant Hearing screening
programs, establishing her own private practice in audiology
for 7 years on Boston’s North Shore. She also worked
a clinical audiologist with HearUSA. She is currently employed
by Oticon, Inc. as a regional manager for Northern New England.
Dr.
Dempesy’s interest is primarily aural rehabilitative
audiology, especially working with hearing aids, assistive
listening devices and technology that helps the hearing impaired
communicate and cope in our very auditory world. She herself
lost her hearing 15 years ago due to Meniere’s disease
and wears hearing aids. She is personally aware of the limitations
hearing loss can create when working and socializing and is
committed to helping others achieve the best possible hearing
ability they can through modern technology.
Dr.
Dempesy is a member of the American Academy of Audiology,
American Speech Language Hearing Association and has her Clinical
Certificate of Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) , The Massachusetts
Educational Audiology Association and licensed by the State
of Massachusetts to practice Audiology.
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