Windmill & Foust Receive Mauldin Award

Minneapolis—-Terry E. Foust, AuD, and Ian Windmill, PhD, were presented with the Larry Mauldin Award during a ceremony held in conjunction with the annual American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Con­vention, held in Min­neapolis (see p10 for news about the AAA convention and related events). The Mauldin Award was created to honor the accomplishments of the late Larry Mauldin, a well-respected audiologist who worked for Beltone Electronics and whose work and commitment to education in the field of audiology were exemplary. Presented since 1999, the award is given to an industry leader committed to continuing education and unselfishly giving back to the profession, the community, and hearing-impaired individuals. The recipient of this special honor is nominated and selected by industry peers, and Beltone sponsors the award.
Foust is an audiologist and health care administrator with expertise in newborn hearing screening and diagnostic assessment, teaching, and health care services. He has served as an auxiliary faculty member at the University of Utah’s Communication Sciences and Disorders Department and as an instructor and mentor for the NCHAM/MCHB funded Infant Diagnostic and Assessment workshops, which focus on training pediatric audiologists. He also mentors students from several audiology-training programs and gives professional presentations at local, state, national and international conferences and professional meetings.
Windmill is an associate professor and the director of audiology at the Uni­versity of Louisville School of Medicine, where he educates Doctor of Audiology (AuD) students, as well as medical students and residents in otolaryngology. He is on the medical staff of five local hospitals, serves on numerous local, state, and national committees, and has published and presented extensively throughout the world, focusing on his two interest areas: the diagnosis of hearing loss and the education of audiologists. He is known as a dynamic teacher who has many devoted students, many of whom were at hand to cheer his award.
“I can’t think of two more deserving recipients of this award than Dr. Foust and Dr. Windmill,” says Beltone USA President Todd Murray. “Their extraordinary contributions to infant screening and audiology education in the hearing care industry are profound. We are grateful for their ongoing efforts to improve our industry by educating our future hearing care practitioners.”