The Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.) is the new designator of a clinical audiologist, and an Au.D. or Ph.D. will be required for board certification and licensure as a clinical audiologist by 2007. Educational programs for the professional degree, Au.D., last 4 years and include coursework and clinical practicum in all aspects of audiology. An audiologist is the professional specializing in disorders of the auditory and vestibular portions of the body; an audiologist diagnoses and treats hearing and (balance) problems. ... Audiology is the branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and their disorders. ...
Susan Fowler, Doctor of Audiology, is the founder of Arizona Audiology & Hearing Associates which opened in October of 1995 in Sun City West.
She has a Bachelors and Master's degree in Audiology from California State University, Northridge, and was a Clinical Audiologist in St Louis, prior to moving to Arizona.
She completed her Doctorate in Clinical Audiology (AuD) in 2002 at the Arizona School of Health Sciences, a division of the Kirksville University of Osteopathic Medicine.