He holds a joint appointment at the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM) where he is program director for audiology and bone conduction amplification (BCA). He obtained his BA (Psychology) and MSc (Audiology) from the University of Western Ontario and his PhD (Rehab Sciences) from the University of Alberta. Bill teaches audiology/hearing science as well as statistics and research design at the U of A. His research focuses on the assessment, prescription, verification and validation of bone anchored amplification devices with a goal of improving outcomes for BCA users and transferring knowledge to other clinicians involved in BCA.