Thomas Thunder, Au.D.
Tom is both an audiologist and an acoustical engineer. After obtaining his master's degree in audiology from Northern Illinois University, he completed post-graduate training in acoustics at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Later, he was awarded board certification in acoustical engineering from the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) and obtained a doctoral degree from the PCO School of Audiology.
Tom is on the faculty at Northern Illinois University and teaches courses in acoustics, psychoacoustics, hearing science, clinical assessment, the effects of noise, and hearing conservation. He also serves on the adjunct staffs at Rush University and the PCO School of Audiology.
For 16 years, Tom had a private practice conducting hearing examinations, providing rehabilitation services, and dispensing hearing instruments. He recently sold this practice to focus on forensic audiology, consulting in hearing conservation, room acoustics, and environmental noise, and developing educational seminars. He frequently testifies before village councils, zoning boards, federal courts, civil judges, pollution control boards, and workers' compensation panels. His Chicago based CAOHC seminars now lead the Midwest in the training of nurses and other safety and health professionals.
Tom is a member of numerous professional associations including the National Hearing Conservation Association and the Acoustical Society of America. He is a past president of the Illinois Academy of Audiology and the Chicago Regional Chapter of the Acoustical Society.