Charlotte Mullen, AuD

Charlotte Mullen, AuD, is the Specialty Audiologist for Education and Training at Boston Children’s Hospital. She directs and oversees the clinical education program for audiology students and final year externs. Dr. Mullen is a founding member of the Audiology Clinical Education Network (ACEN) a nationwide effort to support excellence to the final year externship experience for audiology students. She also coordinates the Virtual Pediatric Audiology meetings which provides a large online forum for learning and discussing issues pertaining to pediatric practice. She founded the Sound Outreach to Schools educational audiology program providing educational audiology support to public school students in the Boston area.

Her clinical work initially identified an increased incidence in hearing loss among children treated by extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Working closely with the Developmental Medicine Program, Dr. Mullen developed a clinical practice guideline for audiological monitoring which led to incorporation into the 2007 Joint Committee on Infant Hearing recommendations. Dr. Mullen is a member of the advisory committee to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on the educational needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. She is also a member of the task force to the Department of Children and Families supporting DHH children in foster care.