Mary Rose Goldstein, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA

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Mary Rose Goldstein
AuD, CCC-A, FAAA

Dr. Goldstein is the lead audiologist at Center for Neurosciences. She earned her Doctorate of Audiology from the University of Arizona in 2014 and her bachelors from Eastern Kentucky University in 2010. She worked primarily with adult hearing aid patients in private practice for several years prior to joining the Ear & Hearing department at Center for Neurosciences in 2017 where she provides the full array of audiologic services, including:  hearing aids, bone anchored devices, middle ear implants, and cochlear implants. Dr. Goldstein actively works on clinical research and has authored/co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. Since 2019, her research focus has been on utilizing aided speech testing to objectively validate hearing aid fittings and optimize patient outcomes. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology.

  • Specialty: Audiology
  • Special Areas of Expertise: diagnostic hearing evaluations, vestibular evaluations, electrophysiologic testing, hearing aid fittings, bone anchored hearing devices, and cochlear implant services
EDUCATION
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ
    Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.), May 2014
    GPA: 3.91/4.0
    August 2010 – May 2014
  • EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Richmond, KY
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Communication Disorders, May 2010
    GPA: 3.89/4.0
    August 2008 – June 2010
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY
    Undeclared – Transferred to Eastern Kentucky University
    GPA: 3.67/4.0
    August 2006 – May 2008
HONORS
  • RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP
    James S. & Dyan Pignatelli Clinical Program in Audiologic Rehabilitation for Adults
    August 2012 – May 2013
  • SUSAN AND THOMAS CORDELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Academic Merit Award
    August 2012
  • COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE
    The University of Arizona College of Science Merit Award
    April 2012
  • DEPARTMENTAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Merit Award
    April 2012
  • GRADUATE COLLEGE DEAN’S TUITION SCHOLARSHIP
    The University of Arizona Graduate College Academic Merit Award
    January 2011
  • DEAN’S LIST AND PRESIDENT’S AWARDS
    Acknowledgements of academic excellence
    2006 – 2010
EXPERIENCE
  • LEAD CLINICAL& RESEARCH AUDIOLOGIST, CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCES [November 2017 – Present]
    • Working in close partnership with Southern Arizona’s most experienced board certified neurotologist and evaluating medically complex otology/neurotology patients
    • Administering and interpreting audiologic evaluations, cochlear implant candidacy evaluations, vestibular evaluations, electrophysiologic evaluations, and tinnitus evaluations across the lifespan
    • Performing hearing device (cochlear implant, hearing aid, middle ear implant, bone anchored hearing implant) consultation, selection, fitting, orientation, programming, troubleshooting, and follow-up
    • Counseling to improve communication for patients with hearing loss
    • Leading and participating in clinical research through developing research questions, collecting and analyzing data, writing, reviewing, and editing manuscripts, participation in clinical trials
  • AUDIOLOGIST, ARIZONA HEARING SPECIALISTS, PRIVATE PRACTICE[May 2014 – November 2017]
    • Administering and interpreting comprehensive and follow-up audiologic evaluations for adults
    • Administering and interpreting cochlear implant candidacy evaluations
    • Administering and interpreting tinnitus evaluations
    • Facilitating audiologic rehabilitation groups for adults recently fit with hearing aids
    • Performing hearing aid and assistive listening device consultation, selection, fitting, orientation, programming, troubleshooting, and follow-up
    • Performing cochlear implant consultation, selection, mapping, orientation, follow-up mapping, and follow-up evaluations
    • Performing bone-anchored hearing device (BAHA) programming and evaluation
    • Verifying hearing aid fittings via real-ear measures
    • Counseling to improve communication for patients with hearing loss
    • Providing individual aural rehabilitation for cochlear implant recipients
  • DOCTORAL EXTERN, ARIZONA HEARING SPECIALISTS, PRIVATE PRACTICE[Fall 2013 – Spring 2014]
    • Supervisors: Kristi Hesse, Au.D., Gregory Swingle, Au.D, Janis Gasch, Au.D.
    • Development of a successful and functional aural rehabilitation program for adults with hearing loss and their frequent communication partners in a private practice
    • Administering and interpreting comprehensive and follow-up audiologic evaluations for adults
    • Performing hearing aid and assistive listening device consultation, selection, fitting, orientation, programming, troubleshooting, and follow-up
    • Verifying hearing aid fittings via real-ear measures
    • Counseling to improve communication for patients with hearing loss
  • GRADUATE CLINICIAN, VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA[June 2013 – August 2013]
    • Supervisors: Heather Cones, Au.D., Rebecca McKinney, Au.D., and Kelsey
    • Deputy, Au.D.
    • Evaluating adults with dizziness and balance disorders via video nystagmography (VNG), rotational chair testing, vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP), and auditory evoked potential testing (AEP).
    • Administering and interpreting comprehensive and follow-up audiologic evaluations for adults
    • Performing hearing aid and assistive listening device consultation, selection, fitting, orientation, programming, troubleshooting, and follow-up
    • Verifying hearing aid fittings via real-ear measures
  • GRADUATE CLINICIAN, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ADULT HEARING CLINIC[Fall 2010 – Spring 2013]
    • Supervisors: Tom Muller, Au.D., Julie Peterson, Au.D., and Frances Harris, Ph.D.
    • Administering and interpreting comprehensive and follow-up audiologic evaluations for adults
    • Performing hearing aid and assistive listening device consultation, selection, fitting, orientation, programming, verification, troubleshooting, and follow-up.
    • Administering cochlear implant candidacy evaluations
    • Counseling and training to improve communication
  • GRADUATE CLINICIAN, TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER, HOSPITAL[Summer 2011 – Fall 2011]
    • Supervisor: Linda Norrix, Ph.D.
    • Evaluating infants and children via electrophysiological measures, such as auditory brainstem response (ABR) and auditory steady-state response (ASSR), under general anesthesia and during natural sleep
    • Administering and interpreting audiologic evaluations for infants and children including tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing.
    • Administering otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and ALGO screenings for infants and children
    • Performing neurodiagnostic electrophysiological evaluations of the auditory system via ABR testing.
  • GRADUATE CLINICIAN, OCOTILLO PRESCHOOL, EDUCATIONAL AUDIOLOGY[Fall 2011]
    • Supervisor: Linda Norrix, Ph.D. CCC-A
    • Administering school-based hearing screenings for children with developmental delays
    • Scheduling and organization of student hearing screenings
    • Collaborating with classroom teachers
    • Making appropriate recommendations based on hearing screening findings

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • RESEARCH ASSISTANT, James S. and Dyan Pignatelli/Unisource Clinical Program for Audiologic Rehabilitation in Adults[Fall 2012 – Spring 2013]
    • Performing research associated with the Living Well with Hearing Loss Programs for adults at the University of Arizona and in the Tucson community.
    • Collecting, organizing, inputting, and analyzing data to prepare for professional conferences, presentations, and publications.
  • GRADUATE ASSISTANT, James S. and Dyan Pignatelli/Unisource Clinical Program for Audiologic Rehabilitation in Adults[Spring 2011 – 2012]
    • Organizing, implementing, and promoting the adult audiologic rehabilitation program at the University of Arizona and in the Tucson community.
    • Mentoring and training first-year Doctor of Audiology students in developing and implementing group audiologic rehabilitation
  • STUDENT ASSISTANT, Special Olympics Healthy Hearing Program[Spring 2009 – Spring 2012]
    • Organizing and implementing hearing screenings for participating athletes with special needs.
  • PATIENT CARE COORDINATOR, Tinder Krauss Tinder Hearing Center[Fall 2008 – Summer 2011]
    • Performing and organizing of general patient care and medical records, organizing clinic materials at a private practice in Lexington, KY
PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENTS
  • PRIVATE PRACTICE BASED INDIVIDUAL AURAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR ADULT COCHLEAR IMPLANT RECIPIENTS[Fall 2014 – Present]
    • Developing and implementing individual audiologic rehabilitation for adult cochlear implant recipients and their frequent communication partners at Arizona Hearing Specialists, LLC.
  • PRIVATE PRACTICE BASED AUDIOLOGIC REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR ADULTS[Fall 2013 – Present]
    • Developing and implementing group audiologic rehabilitation for adults and their frequent communication partners at Arizona Hearing Specialists, LLC.
    • Training other Doctors of Audiology and student externs to facilitate audiologic rehabilitation
  • COMMUNITY BASED LIVING WELL WITH HEARING LOSS PROGRAMS[Spring 2011 – Spring 2013]
    Locations: Villa Maria Care Center, Armory Park Senior Center, and El Pueblo Senior Center, Tucson, AZ
    • Developing and implementing group audiologic rehabilitation in English and Spanish for seniors with hearing loss and their communication partners.
    • Administering and organizing hearing screenings
    • Training seminars for staff and volunteers
  • LIVING WELL WITH HEARING LOSS, Adult Audiologic Rehabilitation Program[Spring 2011 – Spring 2013]
    • Facilitating audiologic rehabilitationg groups for adults with hearing loss and their frequent communication partners
    • Training and mentoring Doctor of Audiology students to implement and facilitate audiologic rehabilitation
  • AUDIOLOGIC REHABILITATION CLINICAL MATERIALS, The University of Arizona[Spring 2011 – Spring 2013]
    • Designing, producing, and implementing clinical materials for adult audiologic evaluations and hearing aid fittings in the University of Arizona Hearing Clinics.
RESEARCH: PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
  •  Title: Cochlear implant outcomes in the very elderly
    Journal: Publication, American Journal of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery, (2022) Jan-Feb; 43(1):103200. doi: 10.1016
    Authors: Bourn, S., Goldstein, M.R., Morris, S., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: Cochlear implant outcomes in elderly recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Journal: Publication, Otology & Neurotology, (2021) October 1;42(9):e1256-e1262. doi: 10.1097
    Authors: Knickerbocker, A., Bourn, S., Goldstein, M.R., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: Decentralized cochlear implant programming network improves access, maintains quality, and engenders high patient satisfaction
    Journal: Publication, Otology & Neurotology, (2021) Sep 1;42(8):1142-1148. doi: 10.1097
    Authors: Bourn, S., Goldstein, M.R., Knickerbocker, A., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: Early Osia 2 bone conduction hearing implant experience: Nationwide controlled-market release data and single center outcomes
    Journal: Publication, American Journal of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery, (2021) Jan-Feb; 42(1):102818. doi: 10.1016
    Authors: Goldstein, M.R., Bourn, S., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: Hearing Preservation in Elderly Cochlear Implant Recipients
    Journal: Publication, Otology & Neurotology, (2020) June; 41(5):618-624. doi: 10.109
    Authors: Bourn, S., Goldstein, M.R., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: Hearing each other is a two-way street: Simple strategies can help people live well with hearing loss
    Journal: Publication, ASHA leader, December 2012
    Authors: Marrone, N., Durkin, M.R., and Harris, F.P.
  • Title: Using the MSTB-3 to quantify and enhance outcomes with hearing aids
    Forum: Upcoming: Accepted Presentation, AAA 2024
    Authors: Goldstein, M.R. and Zwolan, T.
  • Title: Revising the Cochlear Implant Standards
    Forum: Podcast, The Hearing Journal Podcast
    Authors: Goldstein, M.R. and Zwolan, T.
  • Title: Using aided word-recognition testing post-hearing aid fitting to identify hidden cochlear implant candidates
    Forum: Presentation, ACIA, 2023
    Authors: Goldstein, M.R., Knickerbocker, A., Bourn, S., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: New Cochlear Implant Candidacy Protocol for Patients with Asymmetric Sensorineural Hearing Loss
    Forum: Presentation, ACIA, 2023
    Authors: Knickerbocker, A., Bourn, S., Goldstein, M.R., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: Cochlear Implant Outcomes in the Very, Very Elderly
    Forum: Presentation, ACIA, 2023
    Authors: Bourn, S., Knickerbocker, A., Goldstein, M.R., and Jacob, A.
  • Title: Developing a client-centered outcome measure for group audiologic rehabilitation
    Forum: Audiology Doctoral Project, The University of Arizona, 2014
    Authors: Durkin, M.R., Marrone, N., Harris, F.P., and Norrix, L.
  • Title: Mission possible: Guiding your patients toward living well with hearing loss
    Forum: American Academy of Audiology, 2013
    Authors: Durkin, M.R., Iverson, L., Miller, G., and Couch, H.
  • Title: Outcomes from the Living Well with Hearing Loss Groups at the University of Arizona
    Forum: Technical Presentation, Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology Conference, 2012
    Authors: Marrone, N., Harris, F.P., Durkin, M.R., and Iversen, L.
  • Title: Implementing a Living-Well-with-Hearing-Loss Approach in a Clinical Practice with Adults
    Forum: Technical Presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2011
    Authors: Harris, F.P., Muller, T., Marin, A., Durkin, M.R., and Barakat, F.
  • Title: Consensus and Discrepancy within Self/Partner Ratings in Group Audiologic Rehabilitation
    Forum: Presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, November 2012
    Authors: Marrone, N., Davis, M., Harris, F.P., Durkin, M.R., and Iversen, L.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS
  • Licensed Dispensing Audiologist in the State of AZ Spring [2014 – Present]
  • American Speech-Language & Hearing Assoc. – Certificate of Clinical Competence [Spring 2014 – Present]
  • Fellow of the Academy of Audiology [Spring 2014 – Present]
  • Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology, Student Member [Fall 2012 – 2013]
  • American Academy of Audiology, Student Member [Fall 2012 – 2014]
  • National Student Speech, Language, and Hearing Association [Fall 2011 – 2013]
  • Student Academy of Audiology, The University of Arizona Chapter [Spring 2011 – 2013]
  • Kentucky Speech, Language & Hearing Association, Student Member [Spring 2009 – 2010]