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2019 NHCA Annual Conference

7:30am PST

Course Director Certification & Re-certification Workshop Appaloosa 3

7:30am PST

Breakfast Grapevine Reg A Registration Grapevine Reg A

8:30am PST

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 4Malisha Martukovich, AuD • Kari Buchanan, M.P.H., M.A. • USAF Robert Williams The Art of Presentation Appaloosa 3Elliott Berger, M.S., FASA, FAIHA Overview of the proposed Audiologist and Speech Pathologists Occupational Licensure Compact Ft. Worth 1-2Dan Logsdon

9:45am PST

Break Grapevine Reg A

10:15am PST

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 4Malisha Martukovich, AuD • Kari Buchanan, M.P.H., M.A. • USAF Robert Williams The Art of Presentation Appaloosa 3Elliott Berger, M.S., FASA, FAIHA Overview of the proposed Audiologist and Speech Pathologists Occupational Licensure Compact Ft. Worth 1-2Dan Logsdon

11:30am PST

Lunch On Your Own

1:00pm PST

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 Murphy, PhD • 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 PST

Break Grapevine Reg A

2:45pm PST

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 Murphy, PhD • 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 PST

Exhibitors Reception Longhorn Hall D

7:00am PST

Breakfast Grapevine Reg A Registration Grapevine Reg A

8:00am PST

Welcome and Opening Remarks Grapevine A

8:15am PST

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

8:45am PST

The OSHA Age Corrections Are Not Correct: Evidence From NHANES and Longitudinal Analyses of Exposed Workers Grapevine AKristy 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 PST

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 PST

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

9:45am PST

Break Longhorn Hall D

10:15am PST

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

10:35am PST

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 PST

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

11:15am PST

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

11:35am PST

NHCA Business Meeting Grapevine A

12:05pm PST

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

1:30pm PST

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 PST

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 PST

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 PST

Break Grapevine A

3:00pm PST

Acoustic Trauma: Minimum Exposures To Continuous Noise Grapevine AElliott Berger, M.S., FASA, FAIHA • Robert Dobie, MD

3:20pm PST

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

3:40pm PST

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

4:00pm PST

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

4:20pm PST

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

4:40pm PST

Safe in Sound Award Grapevine AKristen Casto • Scott Schneider

5:00pm PST

Student and New Member Meet and Greet Center Prefunction

6:00pm PST

Reception Center Prefunction Friday Night Event Grapevine A

7:00am PST

Exhibits Longhorn Hall D Registration Longhorn Hall D

7:30am PST

Poster Session and Breakfast Longhorn Hall D

9:00am PST

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 Deiters • Greg Flamme • Stephen Tasko • William A. Ahroon • Nathaniel T. Greene • Heath G. Jones • William J Murphy • Madeline V. Smith

9:25am PST

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 4Kévin Carillo • Olivier Doutres • Franck Sgard

9:50am PST

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 PST

Break Longhorn Hall D

10:40am PST

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

11:10am PST

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 PST

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 PST

Hosted Luncheon and Awards Longhorn Hall D

2:25pm PST

Gasaway Lecture High Plains 1-2Brian Felsen

2:55pm PST

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 PST

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

3:35pm PST

Break High Plains 1-2

3:55pm PST

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

4:15pm PST

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

4:35pm PST

Closing Remarks High Plains 1-2