United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research

Mark Stephenson, Ph.D.

Mark Stephenson Ph.D. is currently serving as a Senior Research Audiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).  In this capacity, he has been appointed as the Scientific Research Coordinator for the NIOSH noise and hearing loss research program.  In 1986, Mark received a Ph.D. in audiology and hearing science from the Ohio State University.  Mark joined NIOSH in 1993 after having completed a 20-year career in the USAF.  Mark spent most of his Air Force career at the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory where he investigated the effects of hazardous noise, hearing protector performance, and voice communications in noise.   At the time of his retirement from the Air Force, Mark was an Associate Chief of the USAF Biomedical Sciences Corps, through which he functioned as the director of the USAF audiology, hearing conservation, and speech pathology programs.  Mark is active in numerous professional organizations.  He has played a significant role in the development of many acoustical standards through his membership in various committees and working groups of the Acoustical Society of America.  He has served as President of the Air Force Audiology Association, and as Vice President of the National Hearing Conservation Association.  HeApril 22, 2008AA) Task Force on Hearing Conservation, and is responsible for developing the current standard of practice guidelines for audiologists engaged in the practice of hearing conservation.  Mark also serves AAA as a representative to the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation.  In addition, Mark has served as a consultant to numerous organizations and agencies, including the National Academies, the U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice, Labor, Transportation, and Interior.  Mark holds adjunct faculty appointments to the graduate schools of the Ohio State University, and Miami University.  He is the recipient of numerous military and civilian awards for his contributions to the fields of audiology and hearing conservation.