More SuperTrack opportunities will be available through Learning Modules, Research Poster/Podiums, Discussion Groups (formerly known as Round Tables) and Exhibitor Courses.
NEW! THEMATIC MINI CONFERENCES within AudiologyNOW! called SuperTracks are dedicated tracks of learning. Based on your feedback from AudiologyNOW! 2006, four tracks have been designated as SuperTracks: Hearing Loss Prevention (also the theme of AudiologyNOW! 2007), Pediatrics, Sensory Technology and Vestibular (including hearing aids, cochlear implants, other implantable devices and assistive listening devices). Learning in the SuperTracks begins on Day 1 with Learning Labs then proceeds to Featured Sessions with additional courses provided by your peers through submissions to Learning Modules and Research Podiums/Posters. Finally, it incorporates more hands-on learning with the cooperation of the manufacturers through their offering of Demo Programs. SuperTracks allow participants to come to AudiologyNOW! with minimal knowledge in a designated SuperTrack topic and leave with a working knowledge of that area. Plus, some sessions within the SuperTracks will meet ABA Tier 1 Criteria.
• Hearing Loss Prevention—including (but not limited to) prevention of hearing loss through pharmacology;
effects of environmental toxins; interactions of drugs, noise and genetics; development of hearing loss prevention programs for musicians; industry; children; users of personal listening devices; and marketing of such a program to the community.
• Pediatrics—including (but not limited to) newborn hearing screening, diagnostic evaluation, early intervention including amplification and therapy options, causes of hearing loss, prevention of hearing loss in children and program development.
• Sensory Technology—including (but not limited to) any aspect of hearing aids, cochlear implants, other
implantable devices and assistive listening devices.
• Vestibular—including (but not limited to) anatomy and physiology; state-ofthe-art diagnostic testing; medical, psychologic and audiologic aspects of the dizzy patient; vestibular rehabilitation; advances in vestibular science; and programmatic development.
HEARING LOSS PREVENTION
LEARNING LAB—FULL-DAY
Hearing Conservation: Professional Supervision of Audiometry
Richard Danielson, Theresa Schulz, Mary McDaniel
FEATURED SESSIONS
New Frontiers in Clinical Practice: HL Prevention Programs
Theresa Schulz, Kathy Gates, Elliott Berger
Pharmacologic Protection From Noise- Induced Hearing Loss
Donald Henderson, Kathleen Campbell
Pharmacologic Protection From Drug-Induced Hearing Loss
Leonard Rybak, Jochen Schacht, Kathleen Campbell
Environmental Toxins: Drug, Noise and Genetic Interactions
Sharon Kujawa, Donald Henderson, Thais Morata
Prevention of Hearing Loss: Past, Present and Future
Richard Danielson, Howard Hoffman, Mark Stephenson
Preventing Music-Induced Hearing Loss in Clinical Practice
Michael Santucci, Brian Fligor, Kris Chesky
FOCUS GROUP
Preventing Hearing Loss
Kathleen Campbell, Brian Fligor, Wafaa Kaf, Janet Koehnke
SYMPOSIUM
Dangerous Decibels: NIHL Prevention for Kids of All Ages
Billy Martin, Ted Madison, Deanne Meinke
PEDIATRICS
LEARNING LABS—HALF-DAY
Genetics 101 for Audiologists
Kathleen Arnos
From Research to Clinical Practice: The DSL Method v5.0
Sheila Moodie, Shane Moodie, Marlene Bagatto, Susan Scollie, Richard Seewald
FEATURED SESSIONS
Developmental and Adult Auditory Nervous System Plasticity – WOW!Session
Jos Eggermont
Word Learning in Infants with Normaland Impaired Hearing
Mary Pat Moeller
A New Look at Auditory Processing Disorders
Prudence Allen
A New Fitting Method: DSL v5.0
Richard Seewald, Susan Scollie
EHDI Programs: Striving to Meet the 1-3-6 Standard
Arlene Brown, Christine Yoshinago-Itano, Sandra Gabbard
How Can Newborn Hearing Screening Be Improved?
Marion Downs Lecture in Pediatric Audiology, Walter Nance
Pediatrics Grand Rounds: From Diagnosis Through Follow-Up
Lenore Holte, Patti Martin, Lynn Spivak, Cynthia Logan
Pediatric Audiology: 2006 in Review
Diane Sabo, Richard Seewald, Anne Marie Tharpe, Douglas Sladen
SYMPOSIUM
Dangerous Decibels: NIHL Prevention for Kids of All Ages
Billy Martin, Ted Madison, Deanne Meinke
SENSORY TECHNOLOGY
LEARNING LABS—HALF-DAY
“Real-World” HA Fitting—Managing Patient Expectations
Kris English, Gyl Kasewurm, Robert Sweetow
From Research to Clinical Practice: The DSL Method v5.0
Sheila Moodie, Shane Moodie, Marlene Bagatto, Susan Scollie, Richard Seewald
Setting up a Tinnitus Management Clinic in Your Practice
Craig Newman, Sharon Sandridge
FEATURED SESSIONS
Open Canal Fittings: It’s Not Your Father’s “Tube Fit”
Todd Rickett, M. Gustav Mueller, Steve Armstrong
Hearing Aids: 2006 in Review
Robert Turner, Catherine Palmer, M. Gustav Mueller
Combining Electric and Acoustic Stimulation
Michael Dorman
A New Fitting Method: DSL v5.0
Richard Seewald, Susan Scollie
Extending Hearing Aid Bandwidth: Benefits and Challenges
Steve Armstrong, Ben Hornsby, Todd Ricketts
SYMPOSIUM
Evidence-Based Hearing Instrument Design 2007
Jerry Yanz, Laurel Christensen, David Fabry, Timothy Trine, Donald Schum, Thomas Powers, Francis Kuk, Victor Brey
VESTIBULAR
LEARNING LABS—HALF-DAY
Basics of the Vestibular System and Vestibular Assessment
Don Worthington, Brian Layton
Advanced Techniques in Vestibular Assessment
Faith Akin, Owen Murnane
FEATURED SESSIONS
Psychological Factors in Patients with Dizziness
Jeff Staab
Vestibular Rehabilitation: What’s New?
Susan Whitney
Neurotology of Dizziness
Judith White
Vestibular and Balance Grand Rounds
Terri Ives, Richard Gans, Alan Desmond, Laurie Davis, Owen Murnane
SYMPOSIUM
What You Didn’t Learn in School: Vestibular Compensation
Gary Jacobson, Devin McCaslin