Background
Wilber, Laura Ann was born on May 26, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Leon Austin and Ivah Edith (Ostrander) Wilber.
Wilber, Laura Ann was born on May 26, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Leon Austin and Ivah Edith (Ostrander) Wilber.
Bachelor of Science in Speech Correction, University of Southern Mississippi, 1955; Master of Science in Deaf Education (graduate fellow), Gallaudet College, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Audiology (graduate fellow), Northwestern University, 1964.
Teacher hard of hearing and deaf, McKinley Elementary School, Bakersfield, California, 1955-1957;
speech therapist, coordinator special education, United States Army Dependent School System, Heidelberg, Germany, 1958-1961;
audiology research assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1961-1964;
assistant research audiologist, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1970;
director, Audiology Clinic, University of California at Los Angeles Hospital, 1968-1969;
associate professor department otorhinolaryngology, director hearing and speech services, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1970-1977;
assistant professor department rehabilitation medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1971-1977;
professor audiology, director hearing clinics department communicative disorders, Northwestern University, 1978-1981;
acting department chairman, head program audiology, Northwestern University, since 1981. Lecturer, member of faculty California State University, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, 1964-1971. Member working groups American National Standards Institute, since 1970, Chairman of Commission on bioacoustics, 1984.
Noise expert New York City Eviron. Control Board, 1972-1978, member steering commission on noise subcommittee, 1971-1978. United States representative working groups in techniques for audiometry and threshold of hearing International Standars Organisation, since 1973.
Chairman Clinic School-Council New York, 1972-1973.
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Fellow American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (committee audiologic standards since 1971, subcommittee electroacoustic characteristics since 1973, vice president standards and ethics 1978-1980, president-elect 1981, president 1982). Member New York State Speech and Hearing Association (vice president hospital and agencies 1975-1976, president 1977-1978), California Speech and Hearing Association, Acoustical Southern American, New York Audiology Study Group (chairman 1973-1974), Directors Hospital Speech and Hearing Programs Association, Society Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children, Academy Rehabilitation Audiology (president 1987), American Auditory Society (president 1980).