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2019 NHCA Annual Conference

7:30am

Course Director Certification & Re-certification Workshop Appaloosa 3

7:30am

Breakfast Grapevine Reg A Registration Grapevine Reg A

8:30am

The Basics Workshop Dallas 5-7James Jerome • Mary McDaniel • Theresa Schulz, Ph.D. • Theresa Small • Timothy Swisher • Laurie Wells Boothless Audiometry: What do we need and what can we do now? A hands-on workshop discussion. Appaloosa 2Odile Clavier • Andrew Fallon • Kathy Gates • Samuel Gordon • Dirk Koekemoer • Renee Lefrancois • Jameel Muzaffar • Laura Prigge • Rishi Mandavia, UCL Selecting Hearing Protection Devices Using New and Updated Standards Appaloosa 4Kari Buchanan, M.P.H, M.A. • Major Malisha Martukovich • USAF Robert Williams The Art of Presentation Appaloosa 3Elliott Berger, M.S., INCE Board Certified Overview of the proposed Audiologist and Speech Pathologists Occupational Licensure Compact Ft. Worth 1-2Dan Logsdon

9:45am

Break Grapevine Reg A

10:15am

The Basics Workshop Dallas 5-7James Jerome • Mary McDaniel • Theresa Schulz, Ph.D. • Theresa Small • Timothy Swisher • Laurie Wells Boothless Audiometry: What do we need and what can we do now? A hands-on workshop discussion. Appaloosa 2Odile Clavier • Andrew Fallon • Kathy Gates • Samuel Gordon • Dirk Koekemoer • Renee Lefrancois • Jameel Muzaffar • Laura Prigge • Rishi Mandavia, UCL Selecting Hearing Protection Devices Using New and Updated Standards Appaloosa 4Kari Buchanan, M.P.H, M.A. • Major Malisha Martukovich • USAF Robert Williams The Art of Presentation Appaloosa 3Elliott Berger, M.S., INCE Board Certified Overview of the proposed Audiologist and Speech Pathologists Occupational Licensure Compact Ft. Worth 1-2Dan Logsdon

11:30am

Lunch On Your Own

1:00pm

Advanced Hearing Protection and Communications Workshop Appaloosa 4Eric Fallon • Doug H. Moses Exploring The Audio of Hearing and Hearing Conservation Appaloosa 3Benjamin Kanters Hearing Protector Fit-Testing Appaloosa 2William J Murphy, Ph.D. • David C. Byrne • Christa L. Themann The Basics Workshop Dallas 5-7James Jerome • Mary McDaniel • Theresa Schulz, Ph.D. • Theresa Small • Timothy Swisher • Laurie Wells

2:15pm

Break Grapevine Reg A

2:45pm

Advanced Hearing Protection and Communications Workshop Appaloosa 4Eric Fallon • Doug H. Moses Exploring The Audio of Hearing and Hearing Conservation Appaloosa 3Benjamin Kanters Hearing Protector Fit-Testing Appaloosa 2William J Murphy, Ph.D. • David C. Byrne • Christa L. Themann The Basics Workshop Dallas 5-7James Jerome • Mary McDaniel • Theresa Schulz, Ph.D. • Theresa Small • Timothy Swisher • Laurie Wells

5:30pm

Exhibitors Reception Longhorn Hall D

7:00am

Breakfast Grapevine Reg A Registration Grapevine Reg A

8:00am

Welcome and Opening Remarks Grapevine A

8:15am

Hear, Better. Do More. Grapevine ADan Gauger • Andy Sabin

8:45am

The OSHA Age Corrections Are Not Correct: Evidence From NHANES and Longitudinal Analyses of Exposed Workers Grapevine AKristy K. Deiters • Greg Flamme • David C. Byrne • David Goldfarb • Charles B. Hall • William J Murphy • David J. Prezant • Mark R. Stephenson • Christa L. Themann • Rachel Zeig-Owens

9:05am

Adult Use of Personal Hearing Protection Devices at Loud Athletic or Entertainment Events Grapevine AJohn Eichwald, M.A. • Yulia Carroll, MD, PhD • Franco Scinicariello, MD • Jana Telfer, MA

9:25am

Otoprotective Pharmacologic Agents: The Way Forward Grapevine AKathleen Campbell, CCC-A, PhD, Research Professor and Distinguished Scholar

9:45am

Break Longhorn Hall D

10:15am

Influence of Incidental Motor Activity on Middle Ear Muscle Contractions Grapevine AStephen Tasko

10:35am

The Future Is Now: Eight Ways Otoacoustic Emissions Can Be Used to Advance Hearing Conservation Programs Grapevine ALynne Marshall, Ph.D. • Judi A. Lapsley Miller, Ph.D.

10:55am

A National Occupational Research Agenda for Hearing Loss Prevention Grapevine AWilliam J Murphy, Ph.D. • Amanda S. Azman • Elizabeth A. Masterson • Lauraine E Wells

11:15am

Kurtosis Level Incorporating Additional Information Into Noise Exposure Analysis Grapevine AEdward Zechmann, INCE Bd. Cert., PE, MS

11:35am

NHCA Business Meeting Grapevine A

12:05pm

Luncheon Speaker- Listening Machines and the Future of Extended Intelligence Longhorn Hall DGershon Dublon

1:30pm

The Department of Defense Comprehensive Hearing Health Program: A Precision Medicine Initiative Study Grapevine AJohn A. Merkley AuD, CCC-A, CPS/A • Julieta Scalo • Natasha Gorrell, MSPH • Tanisha Hammill, PhD

1:50pm

A Portable Auditory Localization Training System for Military Applications: Training Stimuli Development and Protocol Optimization Grapevine AKara Cave • John G. Casali, Ph.D., C.P.E. • Kichol Lee • Brandon Thompson

2:10pm

Noise Injury In The Military: Where Is It Really Coming From? Grapevine AQuintin Hecht, Au.D, CCC-A, CPS/A • Christopher Smalt, PhD • Douglas Brungart, PhD • Tanisha Hammill, PhD • Julieta Scalo, PhD, PharmD • Benjamin Sheffield, PhD

2:30pm

Break Grapevine A

3:00pm

Acoustic Trauma: Minimum Exposures To Continuous Noise Grapevine AElliott Berger, M.S., INCE Board Certified • Robert Dobie, MD

3:20pm

Facilitating Corporate Adoption of Hearing Conservation Improvements and Best Practice Grapevine ADavid Greenberg

3:40pm

Use of Technology in Hearing Protection Educational Interventions Among Youth: Lessons Learned from Recent Studies Grapevine AKhalid Khan • Sylvanna Bielko • Marjorie McCullagh

4:00pm

Sometimes 85 Is Just A Number, But Sometimes It's More. And, Sometimes It's Less. Grapevine AJohn Franks, Ph.D.

4:20pm

Comparison of Gas-Powered vs. Battery-Powered Equipment for Landscape Maintenance Hedge Trimming Operations Grapevine ABryan Beamer, PhD, PE, CSP • Jackie DiFrancesco

4:40pm

Safe in Sound Award Grapevine AKristen Casto • Scott Schneider

5:00pm

Student and New Member Meet and Greet Center Prefunction

6:00pm

Reception Center Prefunction Friday Night Event Grapevine A

7:00am

Exhibits Longhorn Hall D Registration Longhorn Hall D

7:30am

Poster Session and Breakfast Longhorn Hall D

9:00am

Learning to Localize with Advanced Hearing Protectors and TCAPS ‚ Importance and Practicality of Learning Curves Appaloosa 3Kichol Lee • John G. Casali, Ph.D., C.P.E. Assessing Hearing, Aging, and Cognitive Decline in Agricultural Workers Appaloosa 2Jan Moore Laboratory and Field Studies of MEMC in Response to Impulse Noise Appaloosa 4Kristy K. Deiters • Greg Flamme • Stephen Tasko • William A. Ahroon • Nathaniel T. Greene • Heath G. Jones • William J Murphy • Madeline V. Smith

9:25am

Effects of Hearing Loss and Language Proficiency On Speech Intelligibility of Radio Messages Over Tactical Communication Devices Appaloosa 3Christian Giguere • Chantal Laroche • Veronique Vaillancourt Noise Exposure of Sugar Cane Factory Workers in Guatemala Appaloosa 2Ashley Stumpf • Alex A. Cruz Aguilar, MD • Williams D. Pilloni Alessio, MD • Dr. Claudia Asensio, DrPH, RN • Grant Erlandson • Lyndsay K. Krisher, MPH • Deanna Meinke, Ph.D. • Lee Newman • Lee S. Newman, M.D., M.A. • Jennifer Ruths, B.A. Fundamental Mechanisms of The Objective Occlusion Effect Revisited Using a Finite Element Model of The Outer Ear Appaloosa 4Kevin Carillo • Olivier Doutres • Franck Sgard

9:50am

Hearing Protective Devices and Firearms Suppressors: Audiologists' Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Appaloosa 3Alexander Morris • Carol Cokely, PhD Noise and Hearing Loss Among Farmers: Results From a Point Source Intervention Study Appaloosa 2Chandran Achutan, PhD, CIH • Lorena Baccaglini • Josie Ehlers • Elizabeth Lyden • Sean Navarrette • Risto Rautiainen

10:10am

Break Longhorn Hall D

10:40am

Systematic Reviews of Health Outcomes Associated with Noise Exposure in Humans Longhorn Hall DRichard Neitzel, PhD, CIH • Yulia Carroll • John Eichwald

11:10am

Classification of Nonverbal Human Produced Audio Events: A Pilot Study Longhorn Hall DRachel Bouserhal, PhD • Patrick Cardinal • Philippe Chabot • Milton Sarria-Paja • Jeremie Voix

11:30am

Hearing Loss Among World Trade Center Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Workers: A 10-Year Longitudinal Analysis Longhorn Hall DGreg Flamme • James E. Cone • David Goldfarb • Charles B. Hall • David J. Prezant • Rachel Zeig-Owens

12:00pm

Hosted Luncheon and Awards Longhorn Hall D

2:25pm

Gasaway Lecture High Plains 1-2Brian Felsen

2:55pm

Comparisons of DRC for Impulsive Noise: Evidence from Firearm Noise High Plains 1-2Greg Flamme • Deanna Meinke, Ph.D. • Donald S. Finan • James E. Lankford • William J Murphy • Michael Stewart • Stephen M. Tasko • Edward L. Zechmann

3:15pm

Removing the Din from Dining: Raising Noise Pollution Awareness, Community by Community High Plains 1-2Sherilyn Adler • Gregory Farber

3:35pm

Break High Plains 1-2

3:55pm

Automated Audiometry and Telemedicine: Breaking Down Barriers to Diagnostic Audiometry High Plains 1-2Anna McCraney, AuD • Ototronix

4:15pm

How Can New Technology Help Stop Headphone Users Suffering From Avoidable Hearing Loss? High Plains 1-2Stephen Wheatley

4:35pm

Closing Remarks High Plains 1-2