1190 Hallinan street • lake oswego, Oregon97034
Phone 503.804.1692 • E-mail

Elsa L. Nelson

education

Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 2004 – 2007

Au.D, Clinical Doctorate in Audiology

  • Graduate Scholar Award 2005 & 2006

WestmontCollegeSanta Barbara, California 1999 – 2003

B.S. Chemistry, Cum Laude

B.S. Communication Studies, Cum Laude

  • Dean’s List – 1999-2003
  • Lambda Phi Eta National Honor Society
  • All-American NAIA, Volleyball

Work Experience

Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon 2012 – Present

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Instructor for undergraduate courses titled “Aural Rehabilitation” and “Advanced Audiology” which are taught twice quarterly.
  • Coordinate and supervise graduate speech-language pathology student’s hearing screenings in area schools and health fairs.
  • Coordinate community audiology observations for undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in audiology.

Artz Center AudiologyPortland, Oregon 2007 – 2012

Director of Audiology

  • Responsible for program development, budgeting, marketing, inventory, sales projections and personnel management.
  • Adult comprehensive audiologic evaluations; pediatric population evaluations including visual reinforcement audiometry, conditioned play audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflex testing and otoacoustic emission testing.
  • Extensive training and practice in fitting and programming digital hearing aid technology for both adults and children
  • Real-ear measurement and verification of hearing aid fittings.
  • Fitting and counseling recipients of assistive listening devices, including FM technology.
  • Teach biannual “Living with Hearing Loss” aural rehabilitation classes for current patients/family members and the community at large.

TEACHING AND MENTORING Experience

Artz Center AudiologyPortland, Oregon 2007 – 2012

Director of Audiology

  • Regularly hosting of undergraduate students from area universities for day long observations in the audiology clinic.

Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon Spring 2012

Adjunct Faculty

  • Instructor for course titled “Aural Rehabilitation” with 80+ undergraduate students.

PRESENTATIONS

Living With Hearing Loss SeriesPortland, Oregon 2007 – 2012

ArtzCenter Audiology

  • 3-week aural rehabilitation seminars provided twice yearly for individuals with hearing loss and their families.

Hearing Loss and Making ReferralsPortland, Oregon 2008 – 2012

Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)

  • Guest lecture provided biannually to groups of professionals pursuing certification in occupational hearing conservation.

Pediatric Audiology 101 Portland, Oregon June 2011

ArtzCenter Audiology

  • Presented to Artz Center Staff and community at large as part of the Artz Center Brown Bag Lecture Series.

Hearing Loss and AmplificationPortland, Oregon March 2011 & 2010

PortlandStateUniversity

  • Guest lecture provided to Advanced Audiology class.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) 2007 – Present

AmericanAcademy of Audiology (AAA) 2007 – Present

Oregon Board of Examiners for Audiology 2007 – Present

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Hands & VoicesPortland, Oregon 2008-2010

Board Member

  • Served as board member for Oregon chapter, providing unbiased support to families with children who are deaf and/or hard of hearing.

Clinical Externship

Oregon Health & Sciences University/Doernbecher Children’s Hospital

Portland, Oregon 2006 – 2007

  • Leadership Education in Neurodevelopment and related Disabilities (LEND) Trainee – One year program emphasizing interdisciplinary leadership development; Participated in community outreach events, family mentorship project and weekly interdisciplinary seminars; Research assistant for project titled, “Variability of Otoacoustic Emissions in Children”
  • Behavioral audiologic evaluations for adults, children, infants and special needs populations; Sedated and non-sedated auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing; Evoked otoacoustic emission evaluations (OAE); Ototoxicity monitoring; Adult hearing aid fitting/programming/troubleshooting; Video Nystagmography (VNG) evaluations; Adult and pediatric cochlear implant candidacy evaluations/mapping and troubleshooting; Adult FM system (personal) fitting/programming/troubleshooting.

publications

Nelson, E., Smaldino, J., Erler, S., and Garstecki, D. (2007) Background Noise Levels and Reverberation Times in Old and New Elementary School Classrooms. Journal of Educational Audiology

References

Available upon request.