Author
William W. Clark, PhD
Dr. William Clark is the Director of the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences (PACS) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, where he also holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and the Department of Education. He has taught basic and advanced courses in acoustics, anatomy, effects of noise on hearing, and hearing conservation for many years. His work on noise-induced hearing loss encompasses laboratory studies of exposure in animal subjects, and field surveys of exposure and hearing loss, both within and outside the workplace. Dr. Clark has served as a consultant to the industry and the government on hearing conservation, and published over 80 papers on the effects of noise on hearing and the ear.