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2019 NHCA Annual Conference

Theresa Small

Associates In Audiology, Inc.
President
Denver, Colorado

AssociatesInAudiology.com

Theresa H. Small, Au.D., CPS/A is an occupational audiologist consultant, CAOHC certified professional supervisor and course director and owner of Associates In Audiology, Inc., a professional consulting firm specializing in occupational audiology, and hearing loss prevention. Dr. Small has been practicing audiology since 1999, with a 100% focus on hearing loss prevention since 2007. She wrote an article for the CAOHC Update in June 2013, "Applying GINA in the Occupational Hearing Conservation Program". Dr. Small has been a member of NHCA since 2007 and has attended every conference since then. She is currently on the NHCA executive council as the secretary/treasurer.

8:30am PST

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 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 Overview of the proposed Audiologist and Speech Pathologists Occupational Licensure Compact Ft. Worth 1-2Dan Logsdon

11:30am PST

Lunch On Your Own

2:15pm PST

Break 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 • Gregory 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 • 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 • 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

9:00am PST

Assessing Hearing, Aging, and Cognitive Decline in Agricultural Workers Appaloosa 2Jan Moore

9:25am PST

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.

9:50am PST

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 DGregory 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 1-2Gregory 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