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nition of his central role in ICU for more than 40 years. This new award is given “for outstanding contributions to the development of ultrasound fundamen- tals and applications in nature, engi- neering and medicine as well as for out- standing contributions to the promo- tion of ultrasonic conferences.” The recipients of this award are nominated by the Ultrasonics Board of Directors. The award comprises a diploma and a gold plated tri-tone samba whistle with a strong overtone spectrum in the ultra- sonic frequency range. The whistle sym- bolizes leadership in ultrasound.
Leif Bjørnø was Professor of Industrial Acoustics and head of the Department of Industrial Acoustics at the Technical University of Denmark from 1978 to 2000. He has been editor or member of the editorial board for several international scientific journals, and has supervised more than 40 Ph.D. students and 100 MSc students. Dr. Bjorno has been active in commercial applications of acoustics and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of eight companies, including the well known international Company, RESON, a manufacturer of transducers and underwater sonar sys- tems. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ultrasonics.
Leif Bjørnø is Knight of the Order of Dannebrog, a member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences and the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences; he holds an Doctor Honoris Causa from The University of Harbin, China as well as from the University of Crete, Greece. He was awarded the Lord Rayleigh Gold Medal by the Institute of Acoustics in the UK, the Foreign Acoustician Gold Medal from the French Acoustical Society, and a Medal of Merit from Gdansk University of Technology. He is a Fellow or Honorary Member of several interna- tional learned societies including the Acoustical Society of America
David Fabry awarded he Distinguished Achievement Award
David Fabry, Chief of Audiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the American Academy of Audiology for
his outstanding contributions to the pro- fession of audiology. Recipients of this award may include audiologists who are or have been exceptional educators in the classroom or clinic, have been inno- vative in program development, pio- neering in areas of clinical service deliv- ery, teaching, or research, or any combi- nation of these areas. The contributions made by the recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award must have an impact on the profession of Audiology as a whole and not just at a state or local level.
David Fabry received B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. Since obtaining his PhD, he has held positions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a research audiologist, the Mayo Clinic as head of audiology and clinical audiologist, Phonak as the vice president of profes- sional relations and education, and most recently as head of audiology at the University of Miami Medical Center. As a researcher, he has pub- lished more than 60 articles in a variety of journals. He has served as a presi- dent of his state audiology association in Minnesota as well as the president of the American Academy of Audiology. He was the section editor for amplifica- tion for Ear and Hearing, the editor of American Journal of Audiology, and is currently the content editor of Audiology Today. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a member of the Acoustical Society of America and American National Standards Institute Working Group S3-48—Hearing Aids.
David Preves receives Samuel F. Lybarger Award
David Preves has been awarded the Samuel F. Lybarger Award for Achievements in Industry by the American Academy of Audiology. Dr. Preves was recognized for his contribu- tions to the profession of audiology and the hearing aid industry including innovations to hearing aid design and for pioneering work in directional microphones, integrated circuits, and feedback management. This award is given for significant pioneering activity (research, engineering, or teaching) within the field of hearing. Samuel
Lybarger was a leading hearing instru- ment engineer who designed one of the first wearable hearing aids.
David Preves received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He is cur- rent a DSP Research Engineer at Starkey Laboratories. Dr. Preves’s pub- lications include more than 500 reports, articles, and patent teachings. In addition to his many engineering contributions, Dr. Preves is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and Chair of American National Standards Committee S3 on Bioacoustics. He has also served as chair of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Working Group S3-48 on Hearing Aids, a role he assumed from Sam Lybarger himself in 1983.
Sandra Gordon-Salant awarded the Jerger Career Award
Sandra Gordon-Salant, Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Maryland, has been awarded the Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology by the American Academy of Audiology. This award is given to a senior level audiolo- gist with a distinguished career in audi- ology. Candidates must be members of the Academy, have at least 25 years of research productivity in audiology, as well as have made significant contribu- tions to the practice and/or teaching of
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