Patricia B. Kricos, Ph.D., elected president-elect of the American Academy of Audiology

Patricia B. Kricos, Ph.D., a professor of communicative disorders, was elected president-elect of the American Academy of Audiology, the world's largest professional audiology organization. Her duties include board liaison oversight of the government affairs, coding and reimbursement, and finance committees, as well as the practice policy advising council. Kricos' one-year term as the academy's president begins in July 2010.