Saturdays Events!

Hey Y'all!

I have been told by the Nashville natives that my subdued joisey accent adds some additional depth to the southernly salutation. It seems to evoke a sidesplitting laugh after I enthustiatic greet people. Anyway, the registration is creeping close to 1,000 people! Today is the last day that the Exhibit Hall is opened and it is free to the public!

I attended the Resarch Symposium on Hair Cell Regeneration Research. I have a long list of notes that I complied from the three hour seminar. I am weeding through the words like p27, DAPT blocks, postalnatal (P3) Math1-GFP transgenic cochleas, y-secretase inhibitor, notch blockades, FGF, and GFP to make some sense of it all. :) The million dollar question of when will it be available - 10 to 15 years down the line.

Here are the events that will be happening here today. If you would like more information about these events or workshops - click to download the green version 2009 HLAA Convention Program Guide and the Convention Workbook which features all presentation slides for the different workshops and all sponsored by Verizon.

9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

• Chapter and State Newsletter Editors Meeting

Facilitator: Stephen Frazier

10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

• Navigating the Walk4Hearing™ Website

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

• Exhibit Hall Open

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

• Food Concessions

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

• Chapter Development Panel

Moderator: Julie Olson

11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

• Digital Photography 101

Presenters:
Cindy Dyer, graphic designer and photographer for Hearing Loss Magazine
Michael Schwehr of JumpStart Computing

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• Government Employees Who Work With Hard of Hearing People — Networking Meeting

Noon – 12:45 p.m.

• Want to Know More About Walk4Hearing™?

1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

• Oticon: Advanced Technology Options for Severe Hearing Loss

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

• Chapter Delegate Workshop

2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

• Meet Executive Director Brenda Battat

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

• Exhibit Hall Social — Happy Hour

3:45 p.m. –5 p.m.

• HAT/Peer Mentors/Academy Reunion

6 p.m.

• Buses depart from Magnolia Lobby for the Grand Ole Opry (7 p.m. show)

Featuring Alison Krauss, The Whites, Rhonda Vincent, Point of Grace, Hal Ketchum, Sammy Johns, Jesse McReynolds

WORKSHOPS

8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

• Dementia Misdiagnosis and Hearing Loss

Presenter:

Michael Bower, B.A., Activity Consultant Certified

• Hearing Loss, Stress, and Coping—It's a Family Affair

Presenter:
Kris English, Ph.D., President-Elect, American Academy of Audiology.

• Bringing Captioned Radio to Reality

Presenters:
Ellyn Sheffield Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology, Towson University
Michael Starling, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Its Importance for People with Hearing Loss Worldwide

Presenter:

Marcia B. Dugan, past president of the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, the Hearing Loss Association of America National Board of Trustees, and HLAA-Rochester.

• The Job Search Process: It's Clear Communication is Critical!

Presenters:
Mary Ellen Tait, Assistant Director, Center on Employment, NTID
Mark Pfuntner, NTID Business Studies Department

10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

• Overview of Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Presenters:
David Haynes, M.D., Director of Neurotology, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
George Wanna, M.D., Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center

• Bridge Over Muddy Waters: An Interactive Workshop to Help Navigate Your Way to Successful Relationships

Presenters:
Donna Wayner, Ph.D., President & CEO, Hear Again, Inc.
Jeanne Kelley, HLAA Albany Chapter
Patricia W. Mirza, HLAA Albany Chapter

• Bilateral Cochlear Implant Panel

Moderator: Wayne Roorda
Panel includes:
Advanced Bionics: Sheila Adams and Abbie Cranmer
Cochlear Americas: Mark Doshier
Med El: Jimmy Mobley and Virgi Mills

• Hear to Work—Workplace Acoustics Based on ClassroomStandard ANSI S12.60

Presenter:
Donald Bataille, Architect, Bataille Architecture and Planning

• Social Networking

Presenter:
Jennifer Thorpe, president, HLAA Nashville Chapter

12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

• Living with Hearing Loss

Presenter:
Sam Trychin, Ph.D.

• Hidden Impact of Hearing Loss

Presenter:
Cathy Kooser, MSW

• TIA-1083 Hearing Aid Compatibility Standard

Presenter:
Rebecca Schwartz, J.D.

• Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace and Classroom

Presenter:
Esther Kelly, Pet-D, San Diego University, Deaf Action Center/Texas Department of Rehabilitation

• Classroom Accommodations: Find Out What You Have Been Missing

Presenters:
Jana Colter, RMR, CRR, CCP, National Court Reporters Association
Joyce Casey, RDR, CRR, CBC, CCP, National Court Reporters Association
Sherry Knox, CCB, CCP, National Court Reporters Association

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

• Post-Secondary and Lifelong Education of Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing

Moderator: T. Alan Hurwitz, Ed.D., President, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
Panelists:
James J. DeCaro, Ph.D., Director,
PEN-International at NTID
Heidi Adams, PEPNet consultant
Patty Conway, CRC, Rehabilitation Consultant
Sara Schley, Ed.D., Senior Researcher and Associate Professor, NTID
Larry Scott, Associate Professor and Chair, Communication Studies, NTID

• Improving Communication Between People with Hearing Loss and Their Partners: Plan It—Practice It—Evaluate It

Presenters:
John Greer Clark, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Audiology, University of Cincinnati; President, Clark Audiology, LLC
Jill E. Preminger, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Audiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine

• Baha—Bone Anchored Hearing Device: Current Trends in Surgery, Fitting and Assessment

Presenters:
Andrea Hedley-Williams, Au.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center
David Haynes, M.D., Director of Neurotology, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Krissie Rigsby, Au.D., National Center for Childhood Deafness and Family Communication, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

• Advocacy in Action - HLAA's Working for You

Presenter:
Lise Hamlin, Director of Public Policy and State Development, Hearing Loss Association of America

• The Hottest Mobile Apps

Presenter:
Matthew Gerst, J.D., Counsel, External and State Affairs at CTIA–The Wireless Association®