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Dr. Frank Brister

Abbreviated Vitae

Associate Professor
Department of Human Services
fbrister@sfasu.edu

Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi, 1979, Audiology Callier Center for Communication Disorders, Dallas, TX 1981-1982, ABR Study & Hearing Aid Study L.S.U. Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 1988, ABR Course
Graduate work, University of Mississippi, 1961, Speech Pathology
B.A. Mississippi College, 1960, Speech Secondary Education

Refereed Publications

Brister, F., Fullwood, H.L., Ripp, T., and Blodgett, C., (1986). Incidence of Occlusion due to Impacted Cerumen Among Mentally Retarded Adolescents. American Jounal of Mental Deficiency, 91:3

Brister, F., and Ninness, C., (1997). An Examination of the Ever-Changing Criteria for Hearing Screening for the School Children of Texas. TEJAS, Number 1996-97.

Brister, F., McKaig, M., and Ninness, C., (2000). Age As A Factor In Hearing Screening In The Schools. TEJAS, V.XXiV, 2000.

McKaig, M., and Brister, F., (2000). GRE Scores as Predictors of Graduate GPA and NESPA Performance. TEJAS, V.XXIV, 2000.

Non-Refereed Publications

The Effect of Ear Protectors on Speech Discrimination in Noise: Abstract published in Dissertation Abstracts International.

Presentations

"Incidence of Hearing Loss Due to Excessive Ear Wax: Educational Implications and Care" Texas Council for Exceptional Children, 16th Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, July 22, 1986
Recording and Reporting for Third-Pary Vendorship" Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Fort Worth, TX, April 5, 1987
"Cued Speech-Impact on Speech and Speech-Reading of Congentially Deaf University Student" TSHA Annual Convention, March 31, 1990
"Impedance Audiometry" Region VIII Service Center, April 6, 1990
"A Demonstration of the DASL" TSHA Annual Convention, April 23, 1992
"Central Auditory Processing Disorders", Lousiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association, October, 2000.

Service Activities

Brownwood Quarterback Club, President
Teen-age League Baseball, Secretary-Treasurer
Pee-wee League Baseball, President
College Circle "K" Sponsor
Boy Scout Assistant Scoutmaster
Cubscout Cubmaster
Sophomore Class, Sponsor
Gamma Beta Phi, Sponsor
Greenville Tennis Association, President
Greenville Rotary Club, Board of Directors, Program Chairman & Chairman-International Service
Nacogdoches Rotary Club, Past President and Secretary
Director, Youth Tennis Program, Hunt County Boys & Girls Club
Member-Rotary District 5910 Committees-Ambassadorial Scholarship Selection Committee & Hunger-Plus Committee (Went to Haiti Oct 1-5,2000 to set up program in Haiti)
Hope for Hearing in Haiti-1994-2006, 13 trips
Haitian Conference Teachers of the Deaf, 2000
Rotary International Service Award, Nacogdoches Rotary Club Beito Beseler Club Recognition Award, District 5910 Service Award
Minister of Education of Haiti Merit of Service Award

Awards

Humanitarian Award of the American Academy of Audiology;

Honors of the Texas Speech Language Hearing Association

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