She is the Director of the Listening and Spoken Language Deaf Education graduate training program and a member of the Sound Beginnings Management Team. Dr. Nelson worked in Clinical Audiology for the first 20 years of her career, including as a cochlear implant programming audiologist at Primary Children's Medical Center. She also obtained a teaching license and degree in deaf education and has worked as an itinerant teacher and an aural habilitation specialist. With a dual background in clinical audiology and deaf education, USU/Sound Beginnings is a wonderful opportunity for her to combine her hearing technology experiences with her love of working with graduate students as they prepare to serve children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. Dr. Nelson is a Utah native and lives in Davis County.