Angela Loavenbruck, Ed.D.
Angela Loavenbruck has been in private practice in New City, New York since 1975. She was an Associate Professor of Audiology at Teacher’s College-Columbia University and presently serves on the faculty of Nova Southeastern University’s AuD program. She is co-author (with Jane Madell) of the first textbook on hearing aid dispensing for audiologists and has written extensively about private practice, marketing audiology services, audiology practice standards and the need for doctoral level entry standards for audiology.
Dr. Loavenbruck has served on numerous committees and boards on the professional doctorate, academic and practicum standard development and ethics. Along with Alan Feldman, she authored the resolution calling for recognition of audiology as a separate profession from speech-language pathology. She also authored and presented the resolution which called for the requirement of a doctoral degree for entry into the profession.
Dr. Loavenbruck has served as president of the New York State Speech-Language Hearing Association and received NYSSLHA's Distinguished Service award in 1997. She was also awarded the Joel Wernicke award by the Academy of Dispensing Audiology for her work on behalf of the AuD, and received the President’s Award for Distinguished Service from the American Academy of Audiology in 2000. Dr. Loavenbruck has served on the Academy board since 1993. Her term as President is from April 2002 until June 2003.