Max Chartrand:
CLASS OF 1966
South High SchoolClass of 1966
Denver, CO
Max's Story
Max lives in Casa Grande, Arizona. Max is married with Glenys Chartrand.
Max's schools include South High School (1966). Max later attended Arapahoe Community College (English), Metropolitan State College (Music Education), Utah State University (Music Education), Charter Oak State College (Bachelor of Science), University of Denver (Music Education), and Northcentral University (M.A., Health Psychology, Ph.D., Behavioral Medicine). Max is Managing Director at SIRCLE Occupational Therapy & Wellness Clinic and DigiCare Behavioral Research. From the introduction of a recent publication that recently interviewed him:
Editorâs Note: Recently, Aural Rehab Concepts sat down with Dr. Chartrand to ask him to expound a bit on his findings in human cognitive development. Profoundly deaf, and a cochlear implant user, Dr. Chartrand lost most of his hearing to a childhood disease at age three, and later to the toxic medicines used to control rheumatic fever at age ten. Despite a lifetime of first severe hearing impairment as a child and then profound deafness during adulthood, he has had to overcome almost impossible obstacles, earning six advanced university degrees, including a doctorate in Research in Communicative Disorders and another doctorate...Expand for more
in Behavioral Medicine.
Ironically, as a severely hearing impaired child, he started playing the clarinet at age ten, adding the tenor sax age 12, playing first chair clarinet in Denver All-City Band and Colorado All-State Bands and Orchestras, and making his first professional recordings while still a teenager. Over the years, heâs performed before thousands of live and televised audiences over the US and several other countries, performing with some of the top musicians in the field. He has composed and arranged music of all idioms, including choirs, orchestras, jazz bands, etc. and to this day is still very active in doing that which he loves to do despite not being able to distinguish pitches on his cochlear implant.
As a well-known researcher, author, and lecturer, he has served on and chaired research committees on a diverse range of topics, including, Alzheimerâs, Tinnitus, Learning Disorders, Parkinsonâs, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, Neuropathy, Cancer, and Traumatic Brain Injury. He and his wife Glenys have eight children and eighteen grandchildren. They dedicate time to church, community, and educating young and old. Today, he serves as Managing Director of DigiCare® Behavioral Research, based in Casa Grande, Arizona.
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