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Advances in Audiology
Tomorrow‘s Solutions for Today‘s Challenges
| Date: December 2nd - 5th, 2012 | ||
| Location: Las Vegas, USA | ||
| Sponsor: Phonak |
Event Materials
Video: Welcome and introduction: Auditory and Cognitive Functioning
Louise Hickson
Presentation: Program: Advances in Audiology – Tomorrow‘s Solutions for Today‘s Challenges
Session I - Auditory and cognitive functioning
Topic 1
Presentation: Spatial processing disorder in children with normal hearing sensitivity
Harvey Dillon, Sharon Cameron, Helen Glyde
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Topic 2
Presentation: Assessment of processing load during speech perception in noise using the method of pupillometry
Sophia E. Kramer, Adriana A. Zekveld and Thomas Koelewijn
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Topic 3
Presentation: Cognitive resources for successful speech comprehension in old age
Ulrike Lemke
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Topic 4
Presentation: Accessing the cognitive auditory system in humans: Spotlight on hearing in noise
Nina Kraus
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Topic 5
Presentation: Brain plasticity: Implications for rehabilitation
Kathy Pichora-Fuller
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Session II - Factors in hearing instrument adoption and use
Topic 1
Presentation: Factors influencing hearing instruments adoption and use: Lessons from the Health Belief Model
Louise Hickson
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Topic 2
Presentation: Facilitating the journey to hearing aid acquisition
Carole Rogin
Topic 3
Presentation: Euro Trak 2012 - what can we learn from 3500 users in 7 countries
Soren Hougaard
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Topic 4
Presentation: Outcomes of open-canal vs. traditional custom hearing aids: An RCT
Theresa Chisolm
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Topic 5
Presentation: Panel discussion: Measuring outcomes of hearing rehabilitation
Panel session
Session III - Amplification for older adults
Topic 1
Presentation: Evidence regarding the effectiveness of hearing aids in older adults
Larry E. Humes
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Topic 2
Presentation: Frequency lowering hearing aids: New techniques for fitting
Susan Scollie
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Topic 3
Presentation: Involving adults with acquired hearing impairment and their communication partners in therapy: What evidence do we have that Communication Partnership Therapy might work?
Christopher Lind
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Session IV - Future perspectives in audiology
Topic 1
Presentation: Teleaudiology: Are patients and practitioners ready for it?
Gurjit Singh
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Topic 2
Presentation: A truly self-fitting hearing aid: Need, concept, and feasibility
Gitte Keidser, Elizabeth Convery, Harvey Dillon, Andrea Caposecco, De Wet Swanepoel and Lena Wong
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Topic 3
Presentation: Patient-centered management of hearing loss: Learning from the past
Joseph J. Montano
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Topic 4
Presentation: Sound Affects! – sound, noise and listening in the modern world
Julian Treasure
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Latest developments in FM and Soundfield
Session I - FM technology for adult listeners
Topic 1
Presentation: Auditory rehabilitation for veterans with mild traumatic brain injury: Use of FM and auditory training
Gabrielle Saunders
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Topic 2
Presentation: The use of FM technology in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Gary Rance, Kerryn Saunders, Peter Carew, Marlin Johansson and Johanna Tan
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Session II - Connectivity
Topic 1
Presentation: FM technology throughout the life span
Linda M. Thibodeau
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Topic 2
Presentation: Use of FM with hearing aids: A practice management and patient-focused approach
Samuel R. Atcherson
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Topic 3
Presentation: Panel discussion: Integrating FM technology and connectivity
Panel session
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Session III - Wireless technologies and standards
Topic 1
Presentation: ANSI standards for hearing assistive device system
Linda M. Thibodeau
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Topic 2
Presentation: Latest developments in wireless technology
Hans E. Mülder
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Topic 3
Presentation: Results with devices that utilize DM technology
Linda M. Thibodeau
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Session IV - FM for children with special needs
Topic 1
Presentation: Spatial processing disorder in adults with hearing loss
Harvey Dillon, Helen Glyde and Sharon Cameron
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Topic 2
Presentation: Improving speech recognition and auditory behaviors with FM systems in children with ASD and ADHD
Erin C. Schafer and Maggie Hill
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Topic 3
Presentation: The use of FM technology in listeners with auditory neuropathy
Gabrielle Saunders
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Session V - FM for children
Topic 1
Presentation: Understanding and supporting reluctant FM users
Cheryl DeConde Johnson
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Topic 2
Presentation: FM with pre-school children
Imran Mulla
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Topic 3
Presentation: At what age should we introduce FM Technology?
Pat Roush, Imran Mulla and Sandra Gabbard
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Session VI - New trends in SoundField
Topic 1
Presentation: Optimizing performance with Dynamic SoundField FM
Jace Wolfe
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Topic 2
Presentation: Using personal response systems in the classroom as a means to evaluate the efficacy of SoundField amplification
Deborah Vickers