Eastman Performing Arts Medicine - Wellness at Eastman Speaker: Brendan P. Fitzgerald, M.M., Au.D., CCC-A, Earplugs - Why Bother?
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Dr. Fitzgerald will be joined by Eastman students in this presentation to show what your actual exposure is in a practice room and on stage, and whether ear plugs could be part of your regular game plan.
Brendan P. Fitzgerald, MM, AuD, CCC-A, is a Clinical Audiologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center (Rochester, NY). He completed his Doctor of Audiology (AuD) degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2020 with an externship at the Cleveland Clinic (2019-20). As a doctoral student, he organized and presented the University at Buffalo Hearing Health Lecture Series and provided care to patients in the Cleveland Clinic Tinnitus Management Clinic, under the direction of Sharon Sandridge, PhD. His clinical and research interests include tinnitus, hearing protection, and hearing loss prevention, particularly in musicians, along with balance assessment. Brendan holds a Master of Music degree in Conducting Performance from the State University of New York at Buffalo (2011). Before his career in audiology, he taught music in public and private schools and presented workshops in improvisation, composition, and performance at high schools and universities throughout the northeastern United States. He currently serves as Director of the contemporary chamber music ensemble Wooden Cities, based in Buffalo, NY.
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