Donna Geffner

Donna Geffner, PhD, CCC-SLP/A, is a dually licensed and certified speech-language pathologist and audiologist. She served as full professor, Department Chair, Director of the Speech and Hearing Center (which she founded), Director of the Graduate Programs (which she founded), and the Long Island AuD Consortium (which she co-founded) at St. John’s University prior to her retirement after 40 years. She is the author of seven books: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: What Every Speech-Language Pathologist Should Know, The Navigator (with Dale Seiden), Auditory Processing Disorders: Assessment, Management, and Treatment (four editions, co-edited with Deborah Ross-Swain), and a monograph on the Language and Speech Skills of Deaf Children (with Harry Levitt); two tests (Auditory Skills Assessment, with Ron Goldman, and The Listening Inventory, with Deborah Ross-Swain), and over 300 publications and chapters in her discipline. Dr. Geffner has presented over 200 papers at national and international conferences. She wrote and co-produced a 10-part series for NBC which received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Instructional Programming, and a 27-part series for CBS which was recognized by the President’s Council on Rehabilitation. Dr. Geffner is the recipient of the St. John’s University President’s Medal and many statewide and national honors (New York State Speech-Language Hearing Association Honors, Long Island Speech-Language Hearing Association Honors, and New York City Speech-Language-Hearing Association Honors) and awards, including the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Fellow and ASHA Honors. Providence College bestowed upon her an Honorary Doctorate in Education. She is the former President of the New York State Speech, Language Hearing Association, and former Vice President of Academic Affairs for ASHA. Dr. Geffner was ASHA President in 1999 and served on its Executive Board for 6 years.  She continues to write, consult, publish, provide expert testimony, present nationally and internationally, and conduct national webinars in her areas of specialty.  She maintains a private practice in the areas of auditory processing disorders, language impairment, learning disabilities, and ADHD in Long Island, New York.