Dr. Dakota Sharp is an audiologist and clinical assistant professor at the University of South Carolina. He specializes in pediatrics, hearing aids, and cochlear implants in the clinical setting, but has a passion for educating future clinicians. He completed his Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) education at James Madison University. Dakota serves as the VP of Audiology for the South Carolina Speech and Hearing Association, and is a member at large for the South Carolina Academy of Audiology. In 2020 he launched On the Ear: An Audiology Podcast, where he interviews professionals from a wide variety of disciplines related to hearing loss and communication.
In this episode, I chat with Dr. Dakota Sharp of On The Ear: An Audiology podcast. Dr. Sharp specializes in pediatrics, hearing aids, and cochlear implants in the clinical setting, but has a passion for educating future clinicians. He discusses his journey as an audiologist including his training and the mentorship he received, his role as an audiologist, his job teaching pre-service SLPs and audiologists as a clinical assistant professor, and some really heart warming stories from his clinical practice. He also shares some tips for SLPs that want to start collaborating with audiologists. After you hear this episode, head over to listen to Episode 27 of On the Ear, to hear my interview with Dakota about interprofessional practice! You can follow Dr. Sharp and On the Ear on Instagram or Facebook.
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