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Karen Ditty, Au.D., FAAA, CCC-A National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management & Texas ENT Specialists, P.A. Pediatrics Houston, TX Professional Bio Karen Markuson Ditty has been working as a Pediatric Audiologist for 26 years. Prior to moving to Texas, Karen worked 18 of her 26 years in Baton Rouge, LA. She has been an active proponent for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) and was instrumental in the passage of the Universal Hearing Screening Law in Louisiana. She is the former Director of Audiology and Speech Pathology at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA where she initiated Universal Hearing Screening with a birth census of approximately 7000 infants in 1996. At the time, it was one of the largest birthing hospitals in the United States performing universal hearing screening. Since her move to Texas, she has set up UNHS in 3 Houston area hospitals with a combined birth census of approximately 12,000 infants in her association with Texas ENT specialists, P.A .Karen is also the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) technical advisor for the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM). In this position she assists health departments, hospitals and personnel as an advisor, workshop presenter, and information disseminator for Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana regarding Early Hearing Detection and Intervention within those states. Ditty received her Doctorate in Audiology from the University of Florida, her Masters in Audiology from Lamar University and her Bachelors in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Houston. | 