… their programs in recent years. The program’s launch comes at a critical time for another reason -currently, there’s a shortage of roughly 10,000 audiologists in … when more AuD programs are desperately needed,” she said.  Abigail Wenner, AuD '26, spent her undergraduate years in a rural area, where the patient population was … to get the care they need regardless of socioeconomic status.”  Sydney Zech, AuD '26, decided to become an audiologist after studying speech language pathology as an …