Dr. Merchant is the owner of Educational Audiology Resources and New Jersey Hearing Health Center in Brick, New Jersey. She has been a practicing audiologist for over 25 years with focus on educational audiology through her practices for 23 years with a specialization working with hearing impaired children and their parents, assistive technology in the classroom and central auditory processing disorders. She has presented extensively to parents and special education groups and Child Study Teams throughout New Jersey on topics related to hearing loss and other auditory disorders. Dr. Merchant consults to multiple school districts providing evaluations, consultative services on IEP teams for appropriate interventions, placements and accommodations for auditory disorders in the schools and on-site educational audiologic services. Dr. Merchant works as an assistant professor of audiology in the Montclair State University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Doctoral Audiology and Graduate Speech Pathology programs.