Meredith Berger
MSeD, PhD Candidate
Meredith Berger
MSeD, PhD Candidate
Meredith Berger, MSeD, PhD Candidate, has been the director of Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech in New York for 14 years. Clarke is a national nonprofit organization that teaches children who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen and talk. Prior to joining Clarke, Meredith was the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Educational Specialist at New York Eye and Ear’s Institute/Cochlear Implant Center from 2005-2008. Her previous experiences include working as an itinerant teacher and a classroom teacher for students who are deaf or hard of hearing and as an early intervention provider. Meredith received a B.S. in Education from SUNY at Buffalo State College and master’s degrees in Deaf Education (1993) and in Educational Leadership (2017) from Canisius College. In 2017, Meredith began her doctoral studies at Teachers College, Columbia University to find answers to her own questions on the needs/outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, particularly those with microtia/atresia, and their families. In addition to presenting on the educational needs of children with hearing loss, she has also co-authored pieces on the Clinic-School relationship and was a recent contributor to the Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (JEHDI) monograph on teleintervention. Meredith is on the NYS EHDI Advisory Board and is a member of the Children's Hearing Institute’s Medical and Educational Advisory Board. Meredith is also the parent of two amazing children, one of whom has bilateral microtia/atresia. Unlimited
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