Introducing the New Widex UNIQUE: Because Every Situation is Unique

Janelle Shaw, AuD

Professional Education Manager

After receiving her Master’s degree in Audiology from Arizona State University in 1999, Janelle joined a private practice where she did diagnostic hearing evaluations on adults and pediatrics as well as vestibular diagnostic testing and treatment.  This is where she found her passion for hearing aids in providing hearing impaired individuals the chance to improve their quality of life.  In 2004, Janelle left private practice to work in a health care clinic providing the same diagnostic hearing and vestibular testing.  Here she was exposed to administration and marketing duties as well.  In 2009, she received her AuD from the Arizona School of Health Sciences in Mesa, AZ. 

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Leslie Staverman, AuD

Leslie received her Doctorate of Audiology from Arizona School of Health Sciences in March 2004, and Masters of Audiology, with honors and at the top of her class, from Ohio University in 1992. She began her career for a private practice in Atlanta dispensing the most modern technology of that time, programmable hearing instrumentation. She has worked at four different private hearing aid practices, which led to her being pursued by several manufacturers. In her industrious career, she has worked for 3M Hearing Healthcare, Sonar Hearing Aids, and ReSound Corporation.

Leslie joined Widex in 1998 and is responsible for training and consulting with other hearing healthcare professionals. Her responsibilities include providing her colleagues with up-to-date information and the latest computerized skills for programming advanced hearing aid technology, helping them troubleshoot difficult hearing loss cases, and training them to fit their patients with world-renowned, 100% digital “High Definition” hearing instruments manufactured by Widex. Leslie is constantly on the go, visiting hearing aid practices all over the country. In addition to training other hearing healthcare professionals, her presentations to consumers have proven hugely popular, providing those affected by hearing loss with the fundamental knowledge to make informed decisions when it comes to purchasing high-quality hearing aids. Leslie’s seminars not only explain the latest developments in the treatment of hearing loss, but also teach to consumers how to derive the greatest benefit from the many technologies and treatment options available.

It was her father’s and grandfather’s hearing problems that inspired Leslie to pursue a career in audiology. Her grandfather had a dozen hearing aids he never used. And, for many years, her father denied having a hearing problem until after Leslie graduated from college. Only then, impressed with his daughter’s knowledge and new job, did her persistence pay off. Leslie’s dad let her fit him with a hearing aid. Unfortunately her grandfather had already passed away. I get a special feeling when I see an adult or child turn their head to hear sounds and understand speech they may not have heard for a long time, Leslie says. Just as I did when my father got his hearing aids.

Leslie and her family– husband Rob and their two dogs– make their home in downtown Chicago.