Emily Wakefield

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Emily Wakefield

Assistant Professor of Practice

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
BKC 255
Lincoln NE 68583-0738
Phone
402-472-3940 On-campus 2-3940
Email
emily.wakefield@unl.edu

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Emily Wakefield, Au.D., CCC-A, joined the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders as a lecturer and clinical supervisor in the audiology clinic in June 2017 after spending more than two years as an adjunct lecturer and clinical supervisor at the department. She was promoted to assistant professor of practice in July 2021.

Emily teaches courses in hearing conservation and occupational audiology, as well as clinical assessment.

After completing her Clinical Doctorate in Audiology from the University of Northern Colorado in 2010, Emily spent a year and a half as a dispensing audiologist at Hearing Rehab Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. She then added two years of experience as a clinical and dispensing audiologist as the owner of Cornerstone Audiology in Broomfield, Colorado, before arriving in Lincoln. Emily also continues to serve as a consulting occupational audiologist for Associates in Audiology, Inc., in Englewood, Colorado, a position she has held for nearly a decade.

Education

Au.D., Clinical Doctorate in Audiology, University of Northern Colorado, 2010
B.S., Audiology and Speech-Language Science, University of Northern Colorado, 2006

Areas of Expertise

  • Hearing conservation

Experience

  • 2021-present, Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Special Education & Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • 2012-present, Consulting Occupational Audiologist, Associates in Audiology, Inc., Englewood, Colorado
  • 2017-21, Lecturer, Department of Special Education & Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • 2015-17, Adjunct/Clinical Supervisor, Department of Special Education & Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • 2012-14, Owner/Clinical & Dispensing Audiologist, Cornerstone Audiology, Broomfield, Colorado
  • 2010-12, Dispensing Audiologist, Hearing Rehab Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
  • 2009-10, Resident Audiology Intern/Clinical Audiologist, Boulder Valley ENT, Boulder, Colorado
  • 2009, Audiology Intern, Family Hearing Center, Lafayette, Colorado
  • 2008, Audiology Intern, St. Vrain Valley School District, Longmont, Colorado
  • 2021-present, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

Memberships

  • American Academy of Audiology
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • National Hearing Conservation Association
  • Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association