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Mark DeRuiter, vice chair for academic affairs and professor in 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was elected to serve as vice president for standards and ethics in audiology for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

In his role on the ASHA board of directors, DeRuiter will help plan and coordinate the organization’s educational activities and ensure established standards for certification in audiology. A fellow of ASHA and the American Academy of Audiology, DeRuiter’s research focuses on auditory processing disorders and issues in clinical education.

DeRuiter also directs 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s clinical science doctoral program in speech-language pathology in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders.