Dr. Denise Wray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Cert. AVT   
Educational Background:

Professional experiences:

Denise Wray received her M.A. in speech-language pathology and her Ph.D. in elementary education from the University of Akron where she has taught for 25 years. Prior to that, she was employed as a school speech-language pathologist. She is a certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, has co-authored over 25 journal articles, and co-edited two editions of a book with audiologists Dr. Carol Flexer and Ron Leavitt entitled, How the Student with Hearing Loss Can Succeed in College published by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Dr. Wray is currently director of the early intervention Auditory-Verbal Clinic at the University of Akron's Audiology and Speech Center and co-supervises aural habilitation of children with hearing impairment with Dr. Carol Flexer. Current research interests include the speech-language and literacy development of children with cochlear implants in the mainstream setting and their classroom performance.

She is currently working as a co-director of the Auditory-Options Project and as a consultant on a U.S. Office of Special Education Personnel preparation grant which trains educational audiologists.