Barbara E. Weinstein BA, MA, PhD

Dr. Weinstein is currently a Professor of Audiology at the Graduate Center, CUNY where she served as the Founding Executive Officer of the Health Sciences Doctoral Programs and the Founding Executive Officer of the Doctoral Program in Audiology (AuD). The Doctoral Programs in Audiology, Nursing Sciences, Physical Therapy and Public Health helped launch the Graduate Center as a premier public university awarding doctoral degrees in the Health Sciences. She was instrumental in the founding of the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. A Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology, Dr. Weinstein received her Ph.D. from Columbia University where she was first introduced to field of gerontology which she successfully merged with the profession of audiology.
Dr. Weinstein’s awards are numerous including the Distinguished Achievement Award-New York State Speech Language Hearing Association, the Harriet Jonas Award in Audiology, the Herbert Oyer Award in Audiology, the Van Riper Scholar Award, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Case Western Reserve University, and the N.Y.S. DiCarlo Clinical Achievement Award. Dr. Weinstein is the recipient of Local, State, and Federal Grants focused on improving the quality of life of older adults with hearing loss and education of public health professionals. A sought after expert and consultant on age related hearing loss, Dr. Weinstein’s proudest achievements are the awards her doctoral students have received throughout the years from organizations including the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and the Ida Institute in Denmark. Dr. Weinstein serves as a consultant to numerous health related and hearing health related organizations focused on improving the quality of life of older adults with hearing loss.