Dr. Liz Fuemmeler is a Clinical Product Manager with Interacoustics and Vestibular Program Director at Professional Hearing Center in Kansas City, MO. She graduated with her doctorate in 2019 from Purdue University and received specialty training in vestibular and balance disorders at Boys Town National Research Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. While at Mayo Clinic, she trained in a concussion evaluation and rehabilitation program, which focused on utilizing vestibular testing to identify the presence and extent of issues following a concussion. She is actively involved in vestibular and concussion research and regularly lectures for local, national and international conferences.
Outside of work, Dr. Fuemmeler co-hosts a podcast called “A Dose of Dizzy” that reviews current vestibular protocols and research. She is also the past-president of the Missouri Academy of Audiology and volunteers with the American Academy of Audiology.
Education
- Audiology Fellow at Mayo Clinic Arizona
- NIH T35 Short-term Au.D. Research Training Program, Boys Town National Research Hospital
- Doctor of Audiology, Purdue University
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Disorders, Truman State University
Professional Memberships
- Missouri Academy of Audiology
- American Academy of Audiology
- American Speech Language Hearing Association
- American Balance Society
Publications
- Fuemmeler, E., Rodriguez, A.I., Thomas, M., Creutz, T., Fitzpatrick, D., Janky, K.L. Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP) Test-retest Reliability in Children. Otol Neurotol. 2020 Sep;41(8):e1052-e1059. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002703. PMID: 32569144; PMCID: PMC7657964.
- Demian, D., Petrak, M., Zielinski, G., Massingale, S., Alexander, A., Fuemmeler, E., Lin, C. (2023) Clinical Saccadometry: Establishing Normative Thresholds using a Simplified Video Oculography Protocol in the Adult Population. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11479743/
- Rodriguez, A. I., Marler, E., Fitzpatrick, D., Creutz, T., Cannon, S. A., Thomas, M., & Janky, K. L. (2020). Optimization of Cervical and Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing Using an Impulse Hammer in Adults, Adolescents, and Children. Otology & neurotology: official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, 41(6), 817–827. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000002632