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David A. Zapala, Ph.D.

  1. Audiologist
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Departments

Specialty Groups

Location

  1. Jacksonville, Florida

Languages

English

Existing patients

  1. Age-related hearing loss
  2. Balance problem
  3. BPPV
  4. Hearing loss
  • Neural aspects of audition
  • Computational modeling of auditory function
  • Role of the vestibular system in spatial orientation and balance
  • Development of information technology to support clinical decision making
  1. 1993
    PhD - Auditory neuroscience, Auditory Perception; Collateral areas: Basic neuroscience (University of Tennessee Medical School), Perceptual and NeuropsychologyUniversity of Memphis
  2. 1983
    Clinical FellowshipUpper Cumberland Hearing, Speech, and Language Center
  3. 1982
    MS - AudiologyUtah State University
  4. 1980
    BA - Communications DisordersCalifornia State University, Fullerton

Certifications

  1. 2002
    AudiologyAmerican Board of Audiology

Awards and honors

  1. 2018
    Distinguished Service AwardAmerican Academy of Audiology Foundation
  2. 2018
    Honors of the AcademyAmerican Academy of Audiology
  3. 2016
    Distinguished Clinician of the YearMayo Clinic
  4. 2016
    Elected as a distinguished scholar and fellowNational Academy of Practice
  5. 2013
    Silver CertificateAcoustical Society of America
  6. 2013
    Service AwardAmerican Academy of Audiology
  7. 2013
    Arnold D Tuttle Award Aerospace Medical Association
  8. 2013
    Outstanding Alumnus of the YearSchool of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Memphis
  9. 2009
    Jerger Award for Mentored Clinical Research (Mentor),2009American Academy of Audiology
  10. 2007
    Distinguished Service AwardAmerican Board of Audiology
  11. 2001
    Edward Dahlstrom Distinguished Service AwardMid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Service, Memphis, Tennessee
  12. 1997
    Distinguished Service AwardTennessee Academy of Audiology

Professional memberships

  1. 2021 - present
    Ask Mayo Expert
  2. 2020 - 2022
    American National Standards (ANSI)
  3. 2020 - 2022
    American National Standards (ANSI)
  4. 2018 - 2024
    IDA Institute
  5. 2018 - 2020
    Florida Connected Care Subcommittee
  6. 2017 - present
    Audiology Specialty Council
  7. 2016 - 2021
    National Academies of Practice
  8. 2015 - 2017
    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  9. 2015 - present
    One Mayo Audiology Project Committee, Mayo Clinic
  10. 2013
    Grant Section, Merit Review Board, Veteran's Administration
  11. 2012 - 2016
    Information Management Committee
  12. 2010 - 2013
    American Academy of Audiology
  13. 2010 - 2013
    American Board of Audiology
  14. 2010 - 2013
    Board of Directors Audit Committee, American Academy of Audiology
  15. 2010 - 2013
    Research Committee, American Academy of Audiology
  16. 2010 - present
    Aerospace Medicine and Vestibular Research Laboratory
  17. 2008 - 2013
    American Balance Society
  18. 2008
    American Balance Society
  19. 2008 - present
    American Balance Society
  20. 2007
    Grant Section, Merit Review Board, Veteran's Administration
  21. 2007 - 2008
    Convention Planning Committee, American Academy of Audiology
  22. 2007 - 2008
    Standards Committee Panel, American Academy of Audiology
  23. 2007
    Annual Meeting Subcommittee, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  24. 2006 - 2007
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention
  25. 2006 - 2007
    Organizing Committee, American Academy of Audiology
  26. 2005 - 2007
    Board of Governors, American Board of Audiology
  27. 2005 - 2007
    Convention Planning Subcommittee -- Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention
  28. 2004 - 2005
    Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education
  29. 2004 - 2005
    Methods for Audiologic Evaluation and Treatment - Balance System Assessment and Rehabilitation, Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education
  30. 2003 - 2004
    Subcommittee on State Licensure, American Academy of Audiology
  31. 2003 - 2004
    Convention Planning Committee, American Academy of Audiology
  32. 2002 - 2022
    Florida Academy of Audiology
  33. 2002 - 2019
    International Audiology Society
  34. 2002 - 2018
    New York Academy of Sciences
  35. 2000 - 2001
    Licensing Board, Communicative Sciences and Disorder, State of Tennessee
  36. 1999 - 2000
    Long Range Planning Committee, American Academy of Audiology
  37. 1998 - 2022
    American Auditory Society
  38. 1997
    Tennessee Academy of Audiology
  39. 1996 - 1998
    Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
  40. 1996 - 1997
    Tennessee Academy of Audiology
  41. 1994 - 1995
    Audiology and Speech/Language Pathology Licensure Committee, Tennessee Academy of Audiology
  42. 1994 - present
    American Academy of Audiology
  43. 1993 - 2001
    Tennessee Academy of Audiology
  44. 1993 - 1994
    Tennessee Academy of Audiology
  45. 1991 - 2019
    Acoustical Society of America
  46. 1986 - 2021
    Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists

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Research activities

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