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Dr. Tena L McNamara

Dr. Tena L McNamara

Assistant Professor

Office: 2203 - Human Services
Phone: 217 581 8488
Email: tmcnamara@eiu.edu


Tena McNamara's Vita

 

Dr. McNamara's is dually certified. Her concentration is on aural habilitation/rehabilitation therapy, (central) auditory processing diagnostics/therapy, and educational audiology.  She is also employed part-time as an Educational Audiologist/Speech Language Pathologist with the Special Education Association of Peoria County and have done this for over 20 years. 

Frequently Taught Courses

CDS 4350                                 Aural (Re) Habilitation             

CDS 4300                                 Introduction to Audiology         

            CDS 5920                                 Audiology Clinical Practicum     

Education

Dec 2002    Doctorate of Audiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

                  Honors:  Selected to the Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Aug 1992    Certification in Speech/Language Pathology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Aug 1983    Master of Science-Audiology, Bradley University, Peoria, IL


Professional Organizations

Illinois Speech Language Hearing Association, Co-Chair for annual Convention,

             February 2010 and February 2011

Illinois Speech Language Hearing Association, Member Division of Audiological Affairs (2003-

             2011)

Educational Audiology Association, President Elect 2010; President, 2011; Past-President 2012

American Speech Language Hearing Association member of Health Care Economics

            Committee for Coding and Reimbursement (present)

American Speech Language Hearing Association, convention committee for review of submissions, Division 10, Issues in 
             Higher Education (2011)

Special Education Association of Peoria County – Consultant, Audiologist/Speech Language

             Pathologist (1996-present)


Research

 

(Central)  Auditory Processing; Aural (Re)habilitation; Phonological/Phonemic Awareness; Classroom Acoustics; Educational Audiology

Publications

McNamara, T.L. & Richard, G.J. (2012). Better together. The ASHA Leader, 17, 3, 12-14.

McNamara, T.L. (2011). Educational audiologists enhance access to communication. The ASHA Leader, 16, 10, pp 28-29.

Friberg, J.C. & McNamara, T.L. (2010). Evaluating the reliability and validity of (Central)

            Auditory Processing Tests: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Educational Audiology, 2.

McNamara, T.L. (2010). RtI: What Audiologists need to know when working with children who have (C)APD or other hearing needs. Educational Audiology Review, 27, 3, 9 &  22.

McNamara, T.L., Bailey, R.L., & Harbers, H.M. Different professionals' interpretation of a decoding deficit

             in reading skills. (2008). Journal of Educational Audiology, 14, 80-93.

Bezriadina, N., McNamara, T.L., & Prendergast, S.G. (2006) Professional standards in Russia for the practice of audiology. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 33, 172-181.

McNamara, T.L. & Bailey, R.L.  (2006). Faculty/staff perceptions of a standards-based exit

             portfolio system for graduate students. Innovative Higher Education, 31, 2, 129-141.


Conference Presentations

 

Ware, J., McNamara, T.L., & Tyra, T. (2009). Effects of social stories on decreasing

            undesirablebehaviors in children with an educational/medical diagnosis other than

            Autism Spectrum Disorder (presented at American Speech Language Hearing

Association National Convention, November 20, 2009).

 

McNamara, T.L., Harbers, H.M, & Prendergast, S. (2009). Effects of soundfield amplification on

           phonological/phonemic processing (presented at American Academy of Audiology

           National Convention, April 2009).

 

Harland, D.J., McNamara, T.L., & Koch, M. (2009). Managing a 3-week summer course:

         Optimizing learning opportunities ( 9th Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, Illinois

         State University, January 7, 2009).

 

Friberg, J.C. & McNamara, T.L. (2008). The diagnostic accuracy of commonly used (central)

           auditory processing assessment tools (presented at American Speech Language Hearing

           Association National Convention, November 22, 2008).

 

McNamara, T.L. & Friberg, J.C. (2008). Narrative skills in children with a deficit in (central)

            auditory processing (presented at American Speech Language Hearing Association

            National Convention, November 21, 2008).

 

McNamara, T.L. (2008). Validity of the Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Children– Revised as a

            screening tool for children with (central) auditory processing disorders. (presnted  at the American

            Academy of Audiology National Convention, April 2 - 5, 2008).

 

McNamara, T.L. & Friberg, J.C. (2008).  Narrative skills in children with a deficit in (central)

            auditory processing (presented at the Illinois Speech Language Hearing Association

            Convention, February 7-10, 2008).


Funding & Grants


Community


Volunteer for JumpStart, Eastern Illinois University

Volunteer at the Crittenton Crisis Nursery, Peoria, IL

Team in Training for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society

Annual St. Jude run/fundraiser for cancer research



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