Praise for ATA's Professional Membership Program

"The world is a noisy place. Musicians and music lovers, industrial workers, emergency personnel, Vets and many others are at serious risk of developing tinnitus. As audiologists, physicians and psychologists, we are seeing them all across the country. It is in our patients' best interests that we provide them with current information and positive support. It is no longer appropriate to say, “There’s nothing we can do.”

I believe I have an obligation to support an organization whose mission is to understand and seek a cure for tinnitus. My ATA membership is extremely valuable. ATA's [magazine], Tinnitus Today, keeps me abreast of current research findings, which I readily share with my patients."

Jill Meltzer, Au.D. FAAA
Board Certified Audiologist
North Shore Audio-Vestibular Lab
Highland Park, Ill.

"I have been a practicing audiologist since 1972. It is now my privilege, as a professional in the field and an active ATA board member, to become a Research Champion in ATA’s Professional Membership Program. I have learned much through my affiliation with this outstanding organization and often use that knowledge in my daily practice.

As we all know, tinnitus patients depend on their hearing health care professionals to explain their tinnitus problems and present them with treatment options that lead to hope and healing. Researchers, by utilizing innovative tools and ideas, are making available more and more information on the treatment of tinnitus that we as practitioners can use to support our patients. My association with ATA's Professional Membership Program will make it easier to keep up with current developments in tinnitus treatment.

I find an important correlation between my commitment to help my patients; my strong desire to see research develop improved treatment methods; and ATA’s focus on research that will eventually cure tinnitus. As an organization that enhances our ability to treat our suffering tinnitus patients, ATA is worthy of our professional membership and support.

As ATA uses its resources to advance tinnitus research, and spearhead the march toward solving the problem of tinnitus, it is also garnering success as a champion that inspires national decision makers to increase public funding for tinnitus research."

Margaret F. Peak, Ph.D.
Assistant Chief, Audiology Speech Pathology
VA Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Miss.
Member, ATA Board of Directors

These are Dr. Peak's personal views and not necessarily those of the Veterans Administration.