STEM Presentation, January 14, 2013, Ricki Sonnenberg

Our third STEM presentation brought Ricki Sonnenberg
to TEAM 6-4 to share with us what it is she does:
 Audiology.  Students learned that an audiologist is someone who diagnoses and treats people with hearing issues.  She shared several hands on demonstrations involving some of the simpler technology she uses to diagnose hearing issues such as a tuning fork and an IPhone. (See pictures below.)

STEM Presentation, January 7, 2013, Suzanne Flax

Margalit introduces her mom, Suzanne Flax.

Our second STEM presentation was by Suzanne Flax, speech pathologist. She described how her childhood interests, especially in middle school, played a major role in choosing her profession.  She also described all the different aspects of speech pathology.  One interesting thing we learned is that speech pathologists can help people reduce their accents when speaking a second language!