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Debbie Ostroff

Thornhill,ON

Summary

Senior Audiologist with 21 years of experience working mainly in hospital settings. The past 16 years have been at Baycrest working with a geriatric population. Over the years I have created a strong network of relationships with many devoted clients, eventually treating their friends and family members through referrals. Looking for a new challenge which will allow me even more time to lead the clinic, focusing on enhancing Audiology practices and continuing to provide top notch care to patients and families, while integrating research into Hearing Services and fostering strong teamwork.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Clinical Audiologist

Baycrest Hospital
04.2007 - Current
  • Dipensing Audiologist diagnosing and treating patients within the entire Baycrest campus as well as clients living in the community.
  • Pioneered auditory rehabilitation classes at Baycrest
  • Created instructional videos on hearing aid use
  • Working in inter-disciplinary team ENT, SLP, nurses, PSW, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, CDA, etc
  • Lead several sessions of the 'Hard of hearing club' a social networking group of seniors sharing their challenges with hearing impairment
  • Responsible for outreach program at Baycrest, conducting visits to homebound individuals
  • Conduct presentations regarding various hearing and brain health topics to increase community awareness and education on importance of hearing conservation and healthy aging
  • Work well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.

Guest Lecturer

Georgian College, Humber College
01.2014 - 01.2018
  • Delivered large group lectures to College students.
  • Taught various subjects relating to audiology to communication disorder assistants and related fields.

Audiologist

North York General Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2007
  • Worked alongside various ENT's to treat both children and adults.
  • Measured hearing acuity and identified type and degree of hearing loss for patients by performing pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry and immittance audiometry testing.
  • Counseled patients to discuss hearing loss concerns and candidacy for personal amplification devices, hearing aids and amplifiers.

Audiologist

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • One of the first Audiologists in Ontario to work in the new Infant Hearing screening program
  • Tested children via VRA and play audiometry
  • Auditory brain stem response testing.

Education

M.Sc.S. Audiology -

University of Ottawa
10.2002

Bachelor of Arts -

Hunter College, New York
01.1998

Skills

  • History of working with infants, children, adults and geriatric patients
  • Experience fitting all Hearing aids (all manufacturers)
  • Home visits /Outreach
  • Patient Diagnosis of Hearing Disorders
  • Maintaining Patient Records
  • Patient Evaluation
  • Hearing Test Administration
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Patient Education
  • Patient Rehabilitation and counseling
  • Mentoring students studying Audiology and other disciplines

Languages

French
English

Publications

1. Auditory Sequential Organization Ability Among Children and Adults With Normal Hearing – Benoit Jutras, Debra J. Ostroff,, Sophie Roy,, and Jean-Pierre Gagné, Oct 2003 

2. Perspectives on Conducting Interdisciplinary Research in a Geriatric Audiology Clinic- Debbie Ostroff, Kate Dupuis, Marilyn Reed, Heather Finkelstein, Akram Keymanesh - 2016

Hobbies and Interests

  • Travel
  • Pilates
  • Running
  • Skiing

Certification

  • 2002 Registered Audiologist CASLPO License number 4143.

Timeline

Guest Lecturer

Georgian College, Humber College
01.2014 - 01.2018

Senior Clinical Audiologist

Baycrest Hospital
04.2007 - Current

Audiologist

North York General Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2007

Audiologist

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
01.2002 - 01.2004

M.Sc.S. Audiology -

University of Ottawa

Bachelor of Arts -

Hunter College, New York

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