Mary Pat Moeller began her career as an educational audiologist and parent-infant specialist, after receiving a Masters Degree in Audiology from Purdue University in 1973. She worked with families and infants at the Indianapolis Speech and Hearing Center, and later at Purdue University. In 1978, she moved to Omaha and started a program for deaf and hard of hearing children and families at Boys Town National Research Hospital (It was then known as Boys Town Institute). She received her doctoral degree in child language development from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002. She currently serves as the Director of the Center for Childhood Deafness at BTNRH. She conducts a variety of developmental research projects.
I have been serving on the Board for Nebraska Hands and Voices for several years. I am a strong supporter of the concepts fostered by Hands & Voices (family choice; access to balanced information). Over the many years of my career, I have witnessed the power of family-to-family support. Because of this, I was eager to be a small part of a grass roots parent effort. It is rewarding to be involved in a group that is energetic and focused on service and results!