Dr. Jill Duncan studied Speech Pathology, Audiology and Deaf Education with Professors Richard and Laura Kretschmer at the University of Cincinnati. She has been a practicing auditory-verbal therapist since 1988 when she worked at the Helen Beebe Speech and Hearing Centre with the esteemed Helen Beebe in Pennsylvania, USA. Dr Duncan has the senior administrator in two well-known programs for children and students with hearing loss - one in South Australia and one in the USA. She has held an academic position at Deafness Studies Unit, University of Melbourne. Dr Duncan is currently Conjoint Senior Lecturer and Head of Graduate Studies at the RIDBC Renwick Centre. In addition to authoring many articles and chapters, she recently co-edited the book, Auditory-Verbal Practice: Toward a Family-Centered Approach (2010) and co-authored the book, Adolescent with Hearing Loss: Auditory (Re)habilitation (2012).