Accessing the
Sounds of Learning

2023 Summer Conference Disclosures

Tuesday, June 20th

Registration Open – 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

 

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Welcome Reception, Exhibits, and Poster Sessions:

 

Poster Sessions:

 

A Critical Review of Audiological Outcome Measure for School-Age Children

Presenter: Trudy Jacobs

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

 

A Survey of Classroom Teachers’ Knowledge Regarding Audiology

Presenter: Dr. Alisha Jones

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Dr. Kathleen Lea

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Mackenzie Harris

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

 

Hearing Health Awareness and the Role for Educational Outreach Amongst Teachers in Malawi, Africa

 

Presenter: Kelly Gordie

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

 

Deciding factors in selecting a career path in educational audiology: A survey of audiologists and audiology externs

Presenter: Natasha Seaton

Disclosures:

Financial – Univ of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Counsel; Grant.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

 

Decision-Making Factors of Caregivers When Choosing an Oral-Only Communication Modality in Children with Hearing Loss

Presenter: Kasey Cain, B.S.

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – California Hands & Voices; volunteer. Son was born with bilateral hearing loss.

 

 

Cultural & Informational Center for Individuals with Hearing Needs

Presenter: Kelly Sarhage

Disclosures:

Financial – ASHA; Grant.

Nonfinancial – Illinois State SAA; Member.

 

 

Wednesday, June 21st

8:00 am – 9:30 am – Keynote: Let’s Talk About Stress & Burnout, Joy Stories, and Resiliency in Audiology

Presenter: Diana Emanuel, PhD, CCC-A

Disclosures:

Financial – Towson University; Salary.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

10:00 am – 11:30 am

#EdAudAdvocacy: How to Advocate for Educational Audiology When the Service Doesn’t Exist

Presenter: Kym Meyer, PhD, CCC-A

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Better Hearing for All; Member / Chair for ad hoc committee on universal coverage for hearing aids.

 

Collaboration between Educational Audiologists and Teachers of the Deaf: Understanding Current Practices and Preparing Future Providers

Presenter: Samantha Gustafson, AuD, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – University of Utah; Salary. EAA; Grant. US Dept of Education; Grant.

Nonfinancial – ASHA; Member.

 

Presenter: Nicole Pilling, M.Ed., AVEd, LSLS Cert

Disclosures:

Financial – EAA; Grant. US Office of Special Education Programs; EAA.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Addressing Listening Needs of Underserved Children in Schools

Presenter: Brandy Heckroodt, Au.D.

Disclosures:

Financial – Phonak; Salary.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

 

12:00 pm – 1:20 pm Lunch – EAA Annual Meeting and Frederick S. Berg Award Presentation

 

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Contracting with Schools 101

Presenter: Rachel Parkington, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – Hear to Learn; Consulting Fee.

Nonfinancial – NH Academy of Audiology; President.

 

Presenter: Sarah Florence, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – DotCom Therapy; Salary.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Kate Jablonski, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – Phonak; former employee.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Effective School-Based Solutions for Auditory Processing: Assessment & Intervention

Presenter: Amy Bradbury, AuD, CCC-A

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Matthew Barker, AuD, CCC-A, MNZAS

Disclosures:

Financial – Acoustic Pioneer; ownership interest.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Evidence to support automation in on-ear and remote hearing solutions

Presenter: Brandy Heckroodt, Au.D.

Disclosures:

Financial – Phonak; Salary.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Development of Autonomy in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children with Social Emotional Involvement

Presenter: Katelyn Monaghan, AuD, ToD/HoH

Disclosures:

Financial – Pediatric Association of Greater Salem (PAGS); Salary. Clarke School for Hearing and Speech; Consulting Fee. Fontbonne University; Grant.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Conversations with deaf/hard of hearing audiologists: how audism/ableism impacts our work and life experiences, and what can we do as a profession?

Presenter: Kym Meyer, Ph.D., CCC-A

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Better Hearing for All; Member / Chair for ad hoc committee on universal coverage for hearing aids.

 

Presenter: Sarah Sparks, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – Audiology Outside the Box; Ownership Interest. National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes; Consulting Fee / Speaking Fee. Baltimore City Schools; Salary.

Nonfinancial – ASHA / AAA; Member.  DC Speech Language Hearing Association; Member and Continuing Education Administrator.

 

Presenter: Tina Childress, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – See.Hear.Communication.Matters.; Founder.

 

Presenter: Michelle Hu, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Mama Hu Hears; Owner.

 

Diagnostic Auditory Evaluations with Infants, Toddlers, and Older Children Who Have Developmental Disabilities

Presenter: Robert Fifer, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – University of Miami; Salary.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

 

Thursday, June 22nd

8:00 am – 9:30 am

The Role of Educational Audiologists in Supporting Transition for Deaf Youth

Presenter: Nicole Genser, BA

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Sarah Sparks, AuD, CCC-A, CH-TM

Disclosures:

Financial – Audiology Outside the Box; Ownership Interest. National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes; Consulting Fee / Speaking Fee. Baltimore City Schools; Salary.

Nonfinancial – ASHA / AAA; Member.  DC Speech Language Hearing Association; Member and Continuing Education Administrator.

 

The TEST OF AUDITORY FUNCTIONING (TAF): A Criterion-Based Test for Toddlers through School-Aged Kiddos Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Presenter: Donald Goldberg, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – Blue Tree Publishing; TAF to be published by Blue Tree Publishing.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Optimizing Your Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant Programming Appointment

Presenter: Michelle Hu, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Mama Hu Hears; Owner.

 

 

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Low Gain Hearing Aids for Children and Teens with Normal Pure-Tone Audiograms and Functional Communication Deficits

Presenter: Dave Gordey, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Jessie Bradley AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Gail Whitelaw, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Chair Honors & Awards; AAA. Board of Directors; ACAE.

 

Short term and long-term benefits of sound field amplification for phonological awareness and oral language development, kindergarten to grade 3

Presenter: Pam Millett, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Spectral and Temporal Processing in Children: Potential Diagnostic and Mapping Tools for the Future

Presenter: Susan Nittrouer, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

 

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Lunch Session (90 minute presentation) – Preliminary Data on Online Learning and Positive Hearing Health Behavior Change in Children

Presenter: Jenny Rajan, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – EAA; Honoraria. Salus University; Salary.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Eligibility Criteria in 2023 – Are We Reaching Everyone?

Presenter: John Coverstone, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Gail Whitelaw, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Chair Honors & Awards; AAA. Board of Directors; ACAE.

 

Implementing Standards for Classroom Acoustics: A Collaborative Effort

Presenter: Cheryl DeConde Johnson, EdD

Disclosures:

Financial – The ADEvantage Consulting; Ownership Interest.

Nonfinancial – Hands & Voices; Board of Directors. Chair, Classroom Acoustics Coalition. Member, ASA/ANSI Classroom Acoustics Working Group.

 

Presenter: Stephen Wilson

Disclosures:

Financial – The Collaborative, Michigan; Travel costs to conference.

Nonfinancial – AIA / Hands & Voices; Member.

 

Presenter: Andrew Carballeira

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – INCE; Member. Member, ASA/ANSI Classroom Acoustics Working Group.

 

Presenter: Kathi Riley, AuD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – No disclosures.

 

Presenter: Kym Meyer, PhD, CCC-A

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Better Hearing for All; Member / Chair for ad hoc committee on universal coverage for hearing aids.

 

Presenter: Frank Iglehart, PhD

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – Member, ASA/ANSI Classroom Acoustics Working Group.

 

Power in Your Pocket: Accessibility features in iOS and Android devices

Presenter: Tina Childress, AuD, CCC-A

Disclosures:

Financial – No disclosures.

Nonfinancial – See.Hear.Communication.Matters.; Founder.