Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD

Dutch-born audiologist and TEDx speaker Dr. Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD, has over four decades of experience in audiology, hearing rehabilitation, and assistive listening. She was previously a co-owner of a multi-clinic audiology practice in Wisconsin. Thanks to grant funding from the David and Carol Myers Foundation, Dr. Sterkens has been on her encore career since 2012 as an advocate for hearing loops and other assistive technology with the Hearing Loss Association of America. She has fostered some thousand hearing loop installations in, and many more outside, Wisconsin. She has received several awards for her work, including the American Academy of Audiology Presidential and Wisconsin Audiologist of the Year awards. She serves on the board of HEAR-in-the-Fox Cities, a non-profit that helps pay for hearing aids for children in North-East Wisconsin.