Dr. Mary Lou Luebbe-Gearhart

Au.D., MA, CCC-A, F-AAA, ABA, BS, BC-HIS, President and Founding Member

Mary Lou Luebbe-Gearhart, Au.D. improves lives through better hearing. She specializes in the evaluation, prevention, and non-medical management of hearing loss.

As President of Luebbe Hearing Services, Mary Lou is determined to help people hear what they've been missing.

Mary Lou earned her Doctor of Audiology degree from the University of Florida and her master's in Communication/Hearing and Speech from The Ohio State University.

She has accomplished many community services and has received many awards, including the 2005 Leadership Award from People to People.

Education

University of Florida, gainesville, Florida - Doctor of Audiology

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Master of Arts - Communications/Hearing and Speech Science/Audiology

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - bachelor of Science-Business Administration and Marketing

Community

Activities Member, Board of Trustees of People to People International (45,000 members in 38 countries)

Has represented the USA as an Audiology Delegate to China, Russia, Australia, South America, and Africa

On-air personality for public television WOSU-TV 34

Charter member, Woman Presidents' Organization - Columbus

Member, Sertoma (service to mankind)

Past president/member, American Association of University Women - Circleville Branch

Professional

Audiologist/President

Experience

1973 - Present Luebbe Hearing Services, Inc. Columbus, Ohio

1983 - Present Circleville Hearing Center Circleville, Ohio

Expert in the prescription and fitting of the latest hearing aid technology. Supervise and mentor graduate students in audiology.

Fellow American Academy of Audiology

Memberships Academy of Dispensing Audiologists

American Speech-Language and Hearing Association

International Hearing Society

American Auditory Society

Ohio Academy of Audiology

Ohio Speech and Hearing Association

Organizations/Affiliations

Charter member of the Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) of Columbus

Past President, American Association of University Women, Circleville, Ohio branch (AAUW)

Past President/member, OSU Alumni Association of Pickaway County

University of Florida Alumni Association

4-H Colt and Equitation Club Member

Aladdin Shrine temple Circus "Mom"

Honors/Awards

Honorary Co-Chairman Ohio of President George W. Bush's Business Advisory Council

Finalist 2001 Family Business of the Year by the Family Business Center of Central Ohio

Exemplar of Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics by the Ohio Academy of Science

Business Woman of the Year 1992 by the Business and Professional Women's Club (Circleville, Ohio)

Recipient of the Bevis Society Award by The Presidents Club of The Ohio State University 1998

Nominated for 1999 Small Business person of the Year for Columbus Ohio District

The Ace Award for Continuing Education from The American Academy of Audiology

In 2004, Inducted into her High School Alumni Hall of Fame

Received the People to People 2005 Leadership Award