| | Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology |
| | Speech-language pathologists and audiologists came under the jurisdiction of the |
| | Department in 1992. The practice of audiology is the application of nonmedical methods |
| | and procedures for the identification, measurement, testing, appraisal, prediction, |
| | habilitation, rehabilitation or instruction related to hearing and disorders of hearing. |
| | Speech-language pathology deals with hearing screening tests and aural rehabilitation |
| | procedures, and with acts or practices that are necessary for the evaluation of and training in |
| | the use of augmentative communication systems, communication variation, cognitive |
| | rehabilitation, non-spoken language production and comprehension. The Board is made |
| | up of five persons appointed by the Secretary, consisting of two speech-language |
| | pathologists, two audiologists and one public member. The Board is charged with providing |
| | Kim Cavitt Au.D. | Chicago |
| | * | Celeste R. Kobulnicky | Oswego |
| | Deborah S. Pitcher Au.D. | Bloomington |
| | Carol M. Szymanski Ph.D. | Dyer |
| | Leslie N. Ward, Public Member | Chicago |
| | * Chairperson |
| | Last Updated: May 8, 2012 |
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