Board Member Information 

The agency is governed by  five board members. The board members are residents of the state and  appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

The board members  consist of three licensed speech-language pathologists or audiologists, provided that at least one of the three shall be a licensed speech-language pathologist and least one a licensed audiologist; one otolaryngologist who is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and one lay member. 

 The board is established in order to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, and to protect the public from being misled by incompetent, unscrupulous and unqualified persons, it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons offering speech-language pathology and audiology services to the public.

Tracy Grammer, M.S.

Tracy Grammer, MS, CCC-SLP is a speech language pathologist with twenty years of experience working with adults experiencing a variety of  cognitive-communication disorders to include cognitive dysfunction, aphasia, dysarthria, dysphasia and apraxia secondary to cerebral vascular accident, traumatic brain injury, glossectomy, laryngectomy, tracheostomy and ventilator dependency. She is employed at OU Medical Center as a speech language pathologist for the trauma team and department of otolaryngology. Ms. Grammer is a faculty member of the OUHSC College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology and OUHSC College of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She serves as the Chair of  the  Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, the president-elect for the Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association, a past president of the Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma,  and 2005 – 2008 Oklahoma Legislative Councilor to the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Ms. Grammer is a past president of the Oklahoma Academy of Medical Speech Language Pathologists and a past president of the Oklahoma Speech Language Hearing Association. Ms. Grammer was awarded the 2005 and 2007 HCA Frist Humanitarian Awards as well as the 2001 Gwen Casey Award for Outstanding Clinical Service by the Oklahoma Speech Language Hearing Association. She holds a Master of Science degree in Speech Pathology from Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Oklahoma University.

Agency Position Statement on Use 

of the Term "Audioprosthologist

The statement was adopted at the December 7, 2007 board meeting as a result of the Board's concern that use of the term by non audiologists was misleading to the public.  The Board's position concurs with the position of the American Academy of Audiology, and the Academy of Doctors of Audiology.

New Officers:

June 11, 2011 the board members elected our new Board Chair,  Tracy Grammer, M.S., Chair, Michael Grim, Ph.D., Vice Chair and Cynda Olberding, M.A. as the new Secretary.

Congratulations to all the board officers!