Ann Kummer

Background

About Ann Kummer

Ann Kummer, PhD, (Ret.), FASHA retired as Senior Director of the Division of Speech-Language Pathology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (the largest pediatric SLP program in the nation). She is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine. Dr. Kummer has done over 300 state and national and over 100 international lectures and seminars in the areas of cleft palate, velopharyngeal dysfunction, and business practices in speech-language pathology. She taught a graduate level craniofacial course at 5 universities for many years. She has published 65 peer-reviewed articles, 31 book chapters in edited books, and 4 books including Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Conditions: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management, 4th Edition, which includes an online course. Dr. Kummer was the developer of the Simplified Nasometric Assessment Procedures (SNAP) test that is incorporated in the PENTAX Medical nasometer, and she holds a patent on the Nasoscope. She was one of the main developers of workflow software that won the 1995 International Beacon Award through IBM/Lotus.(Derivative software is marketed by Chart Links). Dr. Kummer has received numerous honors and awards, including Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); Distinguished Service Award, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati (2007); named one of the 10 Most Inspiring Women in Cincinnati (2007); Inducted into the National Academy of Inventors, Cincinnati Chapter (2010); Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Allied Health, University of Cincinnati. In 2017, she received Honors of the Association from ASHA, the highest award given by the association.