J. Stephen Sinclair attended college at the University of Redlands, Redlands, California, where he received a B.A. in Government, with a minor in History in 1969. He was commissioned in 1972 as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through the ROTC program at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. After returning to California, in 1974 he received the M.S. degree in Communicative Disorders (major: Audiology) from the University of Redlands. Entering active duty in 1974 in the Army Medical Service Corps, Dr. Sinclair served as an Audiologist at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He separated from active duty in 1976 in order to begin doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Sinclair completed his studies at Vanderbilt in 1980 with his doctorate in Hearing and Speech Sciences and a minor field of Health Care Management. While in Nashville, he also served as commanding officer of a 240-bed medical field clearing company in the Army Reserve. Dr. Sinclair and his wife moved to Altadena, California, in 1980, so that he could accept a faculty position in Communication Disorders and Sciences at California State University Northridge. Dr. Sinclair was tenured in 1982 and promoted to Full Professor in 1986 at Cal State Northridge. In 1992, he became the second person to be appointed as Chair of the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences since the department was established in 1974. Dr. Sinclair presently teaches three courses: Hearing Science (undergraduate), Research in Communication Disorders (graduate), and Interviewing and Counseling in Communication Disorders (graduate). In the past, he has taught courses in auditory rehabilitation, hearing aids, basic audiometry, and auditory and vestibular diagnostics. He has co-authored a text on auditory amplification for educational settings, published a monograph, four book chapters, a juried proceedings, and seven papers, as well as presented more than 40 scientific papers at professional meetings and eight accredited short courses on a variety of topics pertaining to Audiology. Appointed by the Governor in 1994, Dr. Sinclair presently serves as a member of the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, which licenses and regulates these two professions in the state. Dr. Sinclair is a licensed Audiologist and licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser. He holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and he is a certified Course Director for the Council on Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation. Dr. Sinclair maintains a practice in Audiology which is limited to expert witness consultation in the areas of noise-induced or trauma-induced hearing loss and balance disorder, worker compensation for hearing loss, industrial noise safety, and related medico-legal issues involving hearing and balance. In 1999, he completes his 27th year of commissioned service in the U.S. Army Reserve. Back to Stephen Sinclair's page Back to Faculty & Staff List

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