Michael Valente, Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Director of Adult Audiology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine . He has been at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine in this role for over 25 years. Dr. Valente sees patients, teaches a graduate course on amplification in the AuD program at the Program of Audiology and Communication Sciences (PACS) , administers the Division of Adult Audiology in the Department of Otolaryngology , and directs the Hearing Aid Research Laboratory . His editorial responsibilities include the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology where he is the Assistant Editor-Amplification, American Journal of Audiology, Ear and Hearing and the International Journal of Audiology where he is Editor-at-Large. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1975.

Dr. Valente has authored several textbooks that include Strategies for Selecting and Verifying Hearing Aid Performance, Thieme Medical Publishers, 1994 and 2002 (2nd edition); Hearing Aids: Standards, Options and Limitations, Thieme Medical Publishers, 1994 and 2002 (2nd edition); Audiology: Diagnosis, Audiology: Treatment and Audiology: Practice Management, with Ross Roeser and Holly Hosford-Dunn, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2000 and 2007; Audiology Answers for Otolaryngologists with Elizabeth Fernandez, and Heather Monroe, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2010; and The Audiology Capstone: Research, Presentation and Publication, with Cathy Sarli, Amyn Amlani, Maureen Valente, Kristi Oeding, Josh Finnell, Therese Walden and Steve Huart, Thieme Medical Publishers, 2011. His interests include spending time with his beautiful wife Maureen who is an Associate Professor and Director of Audiology Studies (AuD) at Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences (PACS) at Washington University, his daughter Michelle who is working as a Case Manager for Howard Brown Medical Center in Chicago, and his other daughter Anne who teaches at Hondros University in Ohio. Mike enjoys travelling, jogging, cycling, and reading non-fiction books.