Professor
Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri
Wafaa Kaf, MD, MSc, PhD, CCC-A, FAAA, Professor of Audiology at Missouri State University and the Program Chair of the 2022 AAA-HearTECH Conference Audiology, Dr. Kaf earned her MBBCh degree in medicine and surgery from the Faculty of Medicine and a Master in Audiology during her medical residency at the ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut, Egypt. In 2003, Dr. Kaf obtained her PhD in Audiology from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Dr. Kaf’s primary research interests are in the areas of early auditory evoked potentials (ABR and ASSR) to assess hearing thresholds, to study neural adaptation of the inner ear and auditory nerve using electrocochleography with CLAD technique, assess hyperacusis in individuals with ASD and in migraine in humans and animal-model. Dr. Kaf’s additional research interest includes wideband acoustic immittance measurements in normal and pathological middle ear. Dr. Kaf has over 130 research publications and conference presentations and workshops at both national and international conferences.
Dr. Kaf is an outstanding faculty and researcher. She has received several awards from Missouri State University, including Outstanding Bear-Bridge Mentoring Award (2021), Accomplished Professor (2019), Foundation Awards for Excellence in Research (2017), Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009), and the University 2016 Director’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Research, Honors College. Regionally, she was awarded the Margo Skinner Award for Outstanding Audiologist in Missouri, Missouri Academy of Audiology. Nationally, she has been featured on the Hearing Health Magazine. Dr. Kaf’s service to the profession is extensive and includesserving as the Program Chair, American Academy of Audiology Conference (2022), Audiology Track Chair, Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention (2018-2020), and President, Missouri Academy of Audiology (2015). She has also served at several roles at ASHA Committees and is an expert reviewer at several professional journals.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, April 1, 2022
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
Saturday, April 2, 2022
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT