Rate My Professor Ross Roeser

Dr. Ross Roeser, Howard B. and Lois C. Wolf Professor for Pediatric Hearing and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing within the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas, has dedicated over 50 years to advancing the field of Health Science through audiology. He earned his B.S. from Western Illinois University in 1966, M.A. from Northern Illinois University in 1967, and Ph.D. in Rehabilitative Sciences and Audiology from Florida State University in 1972. Joining the Callier Hearing and Speech Center in 1971 as a predoctoral research audiologist, he quickly rose to chief of audiology and progressed academically at UT Dallas: assistant professor (1975–1979), associate professor (1979–1987), and full professor (1987–present, emeritus). As executive director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders from 1988 to 2006, Roeser developed the university's Doctor of Audiology (AuD) program, ranked No. 2 nationally by U.S. News & World Report, and established a leading cochlear implant program that transformed lives by enabling deaf children to remain with their families rather than being institutionalized.

His research specializes in applying hearing instrument technology to enhance communication, including evaluations of tactile aids, cochlear implants, and hearing aids, while expanding the scope of audiology practice. Roeser founded the American Auditory Society in 1972 (serving as secretary/treasurer until 1996), was a founding member of the American Academy of Audiology (1988), and founded the journal Ear and Hearing (editor-in-chief, 1979–1985) and served as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Audiology (2004–2016). Notable awards include Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (1981), ASHA Outstanding Clinical Achievement Award (1988), Joel Wernick Award (1990), Jack L. Bangs Award (1994), Larry Mauldin Excellence in Audiology Education Award (2005), and Aram Glorig Award (2022). Key publications feature chapters in Audiology: Diagnosis (2nd ed.) and articles like "Effect of earcanal occlusion on pure tone threshold sensitivity" (Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 2005). Roeser retired on May 31, 2022.