Name: Kristi Oeding, Au.D./Ph.D., CCC-A 

Position: Assistant Professor/Audiologist

Education: 

• Ph.D. in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2022 with minor in Translational Sensory Sciences
• Au.D. (Doctorate in Audiology), Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2011
• M.S. in Clinical Investigation, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2010
• B.A. in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2006

Teaching: My teaching goals are to provide students with a safe environment to learn and gain confidence in their skills while providing the foundations in hearing science. There is nothing better than watching students succeed in the lab and classroom and realize the great potential they have. I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm for audiology with students and helping students find their own career path. 

Current Courses:

• CDIS 220 Basic Audiology
• CDIS 320 Beginning and Intermediate Audiometrics
• CDIS 322 Speech and Hearing Science
• CDIS 350W Interprofessional Practice and Research
• CDIS 401 Hearing Disorders
• CDIS 420 Advanced Audiometrics
• CDIS 421 Aural Rehabilitation
• CDIS 422 Hearing Across the Lifespan
• CDIS 491 Independent Study on Advanced Topics in Audiology
• CDIS 695 Clinical Practicum

Areas of Interest: Dr. Oeding's areas of interest include performing hearing evaluations, hearing aids, tinnitus, hyperacusis, and misophonia management and implementing best practices for clinical care in the classroom and in the clinic. In particular, she is interested in evaluating ways to improve how we measure hearing aid benefit in background noise and how to improve hearing in background noise with hearing aids in older adults.