Hearing Through the Ages Saturday March 2, 2013 at the Novotel Toronto
Mississauga
Seminars on Audition is a one day conference relevant to Audiologists, Hearing Instrument Practitioners, researchers and Engineers interested in hearing loss, its prevention, assessment and remediation. A forum will be provided where participants can exchange experiences, information and philosophies. This 28th annual Seminars on Audition will be the final one. Over the years we have had the privilege of hosting some of the great minds and thinkers in our field. Unlike previous Seminars there will be no registration fee but there is a request for an optional donation to either the William A. Cole Scholarship or the Richard C. Seewald Scholarship in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University. Although we are not asking for a registration fee, we are still expecting people to pre-register. This year’s Seminar has graciously been sponsored by various manufacturers in the hearing aid industry. 8:30-9:00 Registration (complimentary coffee, tea and muffins available) 9:00-10:30 Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss: An Update for 2013 Susan Scollie,Ph.D. Since the advent of universal newborn hearing screening programs in the 1990's, much has been learned and implemented. Most of the United States now has achieved universal newborn hearing screening, but high quality intervention programs are less consistent. Some Canadian provinces screen for hearing loss at birth and provide robust early intervention programs. Other provinces and territories do not offer such programs. In this presentation, I will briefly review these issues and then consider new issues in pediatric audiology, including new evidence on early intervention, and technological developments that increase our choices for intervention and service delivery. 10:30-10:45
Coffee Break
3:00-3:15 Coffee break 3:15-4:45 Steve Armstrong, B.Eng.
Hearing aids have undergone a rapid evolution in technology. This talk could have easily been called “to infinity and beyond”… almost. The current state of affairs will be covered as a jumping off point to look into the limitations of where we are and where we may be with the next generation of hearing aid technology. Contributors Dr. Susan Scollie is an Associate Professor and Faculty Scholar at the National Centre for Audiology at Western University. Together with colleagues, she develops and supports the DSL Method for hearing aid fitting in adult and children. Her current research focuses on the evaluation of digital signal processing for hearing aids, and early intervention for children with hearing loss. In her classroom teaching, Dr. Scollie focuses on calibration, pediatric audiology, and advanced procedures in amplification. Jo DeLuzio, PhD has been an audiologist in the GTA for almost 30 years. Jo teaches audiology and aural (re)habilitation in the S-LP program at the University of Toronto and is interested in the development of peer interactions, social maturity and positive self-esteem in young children with hearing loss. Marilyn Reed, M.Sc., is the Practice Advisor for Audiology at Baycrest, a geriatric care and research center in Toronto, where she has worked since 1997. Marilyn graduated with a Master’s degree in Audiology from the University of Southampton in England in 1976, and has since worked in clinical audiology in a variety of settings, always with a geriatric interest. Steve Armstrong, B.Eng, provides strategic engineering services through his company, SoundsGood Labs. Steve has been involved in the hearing aid field for over 20 years. His interests include acoustics, Integrated Circuit (chip) design, algorithm and software development, and of course psycho-acoustics. Steve works with various organizations to help bring products and associated support to market, and he regularly participates in a number of standards groups.
For more information contact: Marshall Chasin or Joanne Deluzio Program Co-ordinators Marshall.Chasin@rogers.com 6 CEU hours received |