AV俱乐部

AV俱乐部's Faculty of Health is pleased to announce our (CAA) award recipients for 2022. Dr. Sarah Mason has been presented with the President鈥檚 Award, and recently retired Dr. Rachel Caissie has won the Richard Seewald Career Award. We offer our sincere congratulations to you both!

Dr. Sarah Mason 鈥� President's Award

Unanimously selected by the Academy鈥檚 president and board of directors, the recipient of CAA鈥檚 President鈥檚 Award is recognized as having made outstanding contribution to the development of the Academy.

Dr. Sarah Mason (BScPsych鈥�96), AuD, is a senior instructor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the academic coordinator for clinical education for the school鈥檚 audiology program. She is a member of both the Advocacy Committee and Practice Education Committee, and an audiologist for the AV俱乐部 Hearing Aid Assistance Program-Community Services (DHAAP-CS).聽Following a successful tenure as CAA鈥檚 president, she currently serves on the Academy鈥檚 Board of Directors. Dr. Mason is also affiliated with 听补苍诲 .

鈥淩eceiving the Canadian Academy of Audiology's 2022 President's Award is such a huge honour," says Dr. Mason. "It has been a privilege to work with such a committed group of professionals who strive to enhance hearing health-care services across Canada.聽I feel blessed to be allowed to contribute and give back in a meaningful way.鈥�

Dr. Rachel Caissie 鈥撀燫ichard Seewald Career Award

The CAA鈥檚 Richard Seewald Career Award celebrates a candidate who has made profound contributions to research, clinical practice, teaching, and/or mentorship in audiology or an affiliated field, across their extensive professional career.

Dr. Rachel Caissie, PhD, joined the Dal Health faculty in 1990 and served as associate professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and as director of the AV俱乐部 Hearing Aid Assistance Program. In her supervision of graduate students, Dr. Caissie mentored in the areas of hearing aid fitting and audiological rehabilitation. Her research explores auditory training techniques, conversational fluency and older adults鈥� audiological rehabilitation.聽

鈥淚 am very honored to be the recipient of the Richard Seewald Career Award," says Dr. Caissie. "It is especially meaningful knowing that it is my peers who have honoured me. Dr. Richard Seewald was a pioneer in developing what has become a world-renowned hearing aid fitting method for infants and young children with hearing loss. He is a person for whom I have a lot of admiration, and I am enormously grateful to receive an award that bears his name.鈥�