Hearing and Aging

Among his numerous awards are being named a Fellow by his peers in both the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology. Book jacket.

Ray H. Hull, PhD, is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Coordinator of Audiology, and Director at the Center for Research on Communicative Sciences and Disorders, College of Health Professions, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. Prior to that, he was Chair of the Department of Communication Disorders, University of Northern Colorado (UNC) for twelve years. He has also held administrative posts within the Graduate School, being responsible for Graduate Program Review and Evaluation, both at UNC and Wichita State University, and was the Director of Planning and Budget for the Office of the President for seven successful years at the University of Northern Colorado. Dr. Hull is past Chair of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Committee on Communication Problems of the Aging and is a past member of the ASHA Committee on Governmental Regulations. In 2006, he was selected for membership on the ASHA/ETS National Audiology Praxis Advisory Committee. He has also held membership on the ASHA Advisory Committee for the project on Upgrading Services to Communicatively Impaired Persons, funded by the Bureau of Health Professions, U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). Additionally, Dr. Hull has been a member of the Advisory, Guidance and Evaluation Team of the ASHA Project on Satellite Training on Communicative Behavior of Older Americans; and the Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), among other national and state appointments. Dr. Hull is or has been Consultant and Advisor to numerous federal agencies, including the Bureau of Health Professions, DHHS; the National Institute of Health (NIH); the National Institute on Aging, PHS; the National Institute of Mental Health, NIH; the Administration on Aging, DHHS; and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. He is also an advisor to Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Health, Sub-Committee on Health and Long-Term Care, and the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Health and Education in the areas of health services delivery and disability issues, and the U.S. Senate Small Business Innovation Research Program, among many others. Dr. Hull has served as an editorial advisor to the American Journal of Audiology, The Ear and Hearing, the Journal of the American Auditory Society, the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, and numerous publishing companies.