Dr. Mary M. Whitaker is a clinical professor at Idaho State University. She has been an audiologist for over 30 years. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Science from University of Utah in 1984, a Master of Science in Hearing Science at University of Arizona in 1986, and Educational Specialist in Special Education from Idaho State University in 1998 and a Doctor of Audiology degree from the University of Florida in 2005. Currently, she teaches coursework in educational audiology, genetics for health care professionals, and counseling. She is a clinical supervisor, the Externship Coordinator and the Program Director in Audiology. Dr. Whitaker has a wide range of pediatric experience from birth to age 18. In her early career she worked in a rural outreach program providing audiological services to public health, migrant headstart, preschools and headstart programs. She was employed by the Pocatello, ID school district as an educational audiologist for 11 years. Currently, she works in the ISU Hearing Clinic where she sees infants through adults. She is one of the pediatric specialists who provides auditory brainstem evaluations, parent and patient counseling, infant and pediatric hearing aid services, developmentally appropriate audiological evaluations and auditory processing evaluations.