Richard Seewald, PhD is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario. For the past 35 years, Dr. Seewald's work has focused on issues that pertain to the selection and fitting of amplification and early habilitation for infants and young children who have hearing loss. He is known internationally for his work in developing the Desired Sensation Level (DSL) Method for pediatric hearing instrument fitting. Dr. Seewald has received numerous awards for his work with children including the Canada Research Chair in Childhood Hearing, the Honors of the Canadian Academy of Audiology, an Honorary Doctorate from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the prestigious International Award in Hearing from the American Academy of Audiology for his pioneering work in the field of pediatric audiology. Most recently, Dr. Seewald co-edited the Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology with his colleagues Dr. Anne Marie Tharpe and Dr. Judith Gravel.