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• Admissions deadline: December 15— Applicants should apply to ������ through the .
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• Visitation Day (interviews and tour): First Friday in February. Invitations will be extended to students who have completed their applications by the December 15 deadline. For more information, please contact Dr. Erin Miller at elm@uakron.edu. 

Fall 2025 Visitation

NOAC Virtual Visitation Day is scheduled for November 14, 2025 from 3-4 PM. Please join the NOAC Coordinator and the audiology graduate coordinators from ������ and the University of Akron to learn more about the program and to answer any lingering admissions questions.

Use the following link to join our virtual visitation day: 

Spring 2026 Visitation

NOAC Visitation Day is scheduled for applicants in early February. Our next NOAC Visitation Day is scheduled for February 6, 2026. All verified applicants will receive an invitation to attend in mid-to-late Janaury, 2026. Please save-the-date on your calendars if you have applied to the NOAC program!

Be sure to RSVP when you receive an invitation!

Learn more by clicking 

For more information, contact Dr. Mark Krumm

The mission of the Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium is to be an innovative program of excellence that provides Ohio with a pool of independent and competent professional audiologists.

To this end, the consortium seeks to:

1. Prepare audiologists through professional education and clinical training who can diagnose, manage and treat individuals with hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders
2. Enhance service to the professional community through presentations, mentoring, consulting, and scholarly activity
3. Provide for research and clinical service through entrepreneurship and external funding

A goal of the Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium is to educate students in all aspects of audiologic diagnosis and treatment. As such, graduates are prepared for placements in any type of audiology practice including hospital, clinic, private practice, school, or industrial settings.

There is a clear local, regional, and national need for audiologists. Employment for audiologists is expected to grow at a faster than average rate through 2031, with 10% growth expected from 2021-2031. This demand for audiologists is expected since hearing loss and balance disorders are associated with aging, and there is a rapid growth in the population of individuals aged 55 and older due to the aging of the “baby boomer” generation. Additionally, the survival rate of infants, trauma and stroke victims continues to improve and these individuals often require the services of an audiologist.   (visited August 1, 2023). 

Ohio has a critical need for additional audiologists. Ohio’s elderly population is projected to increase by 33.4% between 2010 and 2023. By 2030, Ohioans aged 60 and older will make up 26.3% of Ohio's total population.  Given the prevalence of the rate of hearing impairment in the elderly population (nearly 25% of those aged 65-74 and 50% of those aged 75 and older), significant need exists for additional audiologists. While Universal hearing screenings of all newborns is mandatory in Ohio, there are fewer than 30 licensed audiologists serving the thousands of children with periodic and/or permanent hearing problems in Ohio's primary and secondary schools. More educational audiologists are needed if children with hearing problems are to be identified and served properly.

This program is designed to prepare students to apply for Audiology licensure in all 50 U.S. States.  If appropriate options are selected during your time in the program, you may also become eligible to apply for licensure as a P12 practitioner in the State of Ohio, as approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.

The Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium website houses important information for all current and prospective students.

Below you will find helpful links from their site: 

Vision Statement

We aspire to be the premier Doctor of Audiology program in the country with a reputation for excellence, innovation, and leadership in the education of students and in the generation, integration and dissemination of knowledge concerning audiology.

Click to view the NOAC Goals and Strategies.

Assessment Timeline:

This strategic plan will be evaluated over the next five years. Data concerning each goal will be collected and assessed annually.

Rev. 04-23