Kevin Amdahl - Audiologist
I
was born and raised in Wisconsin one of three children (sister Kim and
brother John) to Dave and Jane Amdahl. Most of my early years were
spent, hunting, fishing and doing all of the other things boys do in
small communities. Our’s was also a wrestling family. My father was a
teacher and wrestling coach in WI for over 35 years, and if you’ll
permit me to boast for a moment, a member of the National Wrestling Hall
of Fame. So if I wasn’t outside, I was usually in some high school gym,
watching, competing or coaching as my Dad’s assistant.
I completed both my undergraduate and graduate work in Audiology at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, finishing in 1994. Between 1994 and 2002 I worked in private practices in Lansing, MI and Willmar, MN, eventually becoming Director of Audiology Services in a practice with up to six locations. In 2002, I took a position with Micro-Tech, a hearing aid manufacturer, working in the education and training department. At Micro-Tech, I traveled extensively throughout the United States, training other hearing professionals on the latest hearing aid technology, as well as appropriate application of that technology to some of the most difficult hearing losses I’ve ever seen. I was lucky enough to be a featured speaker at national conventions and have had a paper published in a nationally published hearing journal. I eventually progressed to head of the education and training department, a position I held until July of 2007, when Erica and I opened our second practice location in Alexandria, MN.
My future plans are to follow Erica in pursuit of my doctoral degree. I’m eager to begin and I’m hoping to get started this fall. If all goes well, I should have my degree in the spring of 2010.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with Miss Erica and the kids, Jesse and Katie, as well as spending time in the boat pursuing anything that swims, or hunting near our family cabin in northern MN.