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June/July Audiology Update |
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Tuesday, 28 June 2005 |
The June/July Update from the VP for Professional Practices in Audiology has been published.
JUNE/JULY, 2005 UPDATE Roberta Aungst, MS CCC-A
VP for Professional Practices in Audiology
COORDINATING COMMITTEE Dennis Hampton (NY) – Private Practice; Editor: Hearing Health Care News
Janna Smith Lang (CA) – Director, Newborn Hearing Screening Program, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Kathleen Peterson (AZ) – Private Practice/Advanced Hearing Technologies, Scottsdale
Constance Spak (MI) – University of Michigan Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology
AUDIOLOGY PRACTICE UNIT Vic S. Gladstone – CSO for Audiology
Pam Mason – Director – Audiology Practice Unit
Tina Mullins – Director – Audiology Practice in Health Care
Linda Vaughan – Director – Audiology Practice Management
Alina Paz – Director, Audiology Pediatric Practices
Alina Paz joined the ASHA Audiology Practices Unit in May. Alina is a Cuban American and a Miami native and holds masters’ degrees in audiology and speech language pathology and is dually certified. Prior to joining ASHA she worked as an audiologist at the Florida Diagnostic Learning and Resources System in Miami Dade County Public Schools; she specialized in the assessment of difficult to test children. She also maintained a private speech-language pathology practice. In her new position she provides expert practice advice and resources to members and consumers related to audiology in school settings and on hearing and communication disorders in children. Alina can be reached at apaz@asha.org or at 301-897-5700, ext 4144.
VICE PRESIDENT ACTIVITIES The Vice President attended the ASHA/CED Joint Committee meeting in April at which time the document Natural Environments for Infants and Toddlers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their Families – A Fact Sheet was approved. The document will be reviewed by ASHA staff and a resolution will be prepared to enter the document into the Desk Reference as a Relevant Paper.
CONTINUING PROJECTS MULTICULTURAL ISSUES IN AUDIOLOGY The Working Group is editing some sections and is rewriting others. The document is expected to be available for peer review this summer.
WORKING GROUPS The following new working groups have been established: MANUAL PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY: John Campbell, Capt. Jeffrey Graley, Ted Madison, Chair, Deanna Meinke, Linda Vaughan, ex officio
AUDIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT BIRTH TO FIVE: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Katherine Beauchaine, Alan Diefendorf, chair, Pam Mason, ex officio, Robert Nozza, Diane Sabo, Anne Tharpe
PREFERRED PRACTICE PATTERNS Harvey Abrams, Sue Erdman, Jaynee Handelsman, Paula Henry, George Mencher, chair, Tina Mullins, ex officio, Frank Musiek, Neil Shepard, Sandra Turek
EXECUTIVE BOARD UPDATES The Audiology Foundation of American (AFA) had invited ASHA to participate on a design team to plan a summit for representatives from audiology organizations to discuss issues related to the future of audiology. After three conference calls to discuss the timing, outcomes, and content for the summit, the AFA made a decision not to provide financial support for the summit at this time owing to timing and logistic considerations. The AFA will reconsider this decision in early 2006.
The Conference on the Education of Audiologists Collaborative Approach: Audiology Education Summit II will be held in January 2006 with co-sponsors CAPCSD & CAA (an invitation will be extended to AAA to cosponsor). Stephanie Davidson, VP for Academic Affairs, Neil Shepard, VP for Quality of Service in Audiology, and Vic Gladstone, CSO for Audiology are the ASHA representatives to the planning/steering committee.
NATIONAL OFFICE UPDATESThe Hearing Industries Association (HIA) sponsored a Capital Hill event on May 18th. ASHA, AAA, ADA, AAO-HNS, HIA, HIS all exhibited as well as hearing aid manufacturers. Pam Mason and Linda Vaughan participated as observers in the Consumers Journey focus groups as part of this Hearing on the Hill event. In addition to participating as an exhibitor, ASHA provided hearing screening to members of Congress who attended. The audiology staff will attend and exhibit at the annual EAA meeting in Myrtle Beach, SC.
The audiology staff will be exhibiting at the SHHH convention in Washington, DC June 30 – July 3.
In July the audiology staff has been invited by the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention team at Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to attend a meeting in conjunction with the Marion Downs Hearing Center. The meeting is a national workshop on mild and unilateral hearing loss. The outcome of the meeting is to identify and discuss potential areas for future research related to mild and unilateral hearing loss.
MiscellaneousASHA has been invited by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation to be a part of the opening ceremony for their annual meeting in Los Angeles, September 26-28, 2005. They have requested a representative from ASHA to participate in the opening procession. The Vice President for Quality of Service in Audiology will represent ASHA at the meeting.
On May 14-15-16, forty-two professionals (mostly pediatric audiologists) convened at ASHA to participate in a meeting of audiologists in Leadership Education in Neurodevelopment and Related Disabilities (LEND) programs. The purpose of the meeting was to share information, network and develop a plan on how they can work together with EHDI programs throughout the US to improve follow-up services for newly identified infants and young children with hearing loss. The program was sponsored by Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), National Center of Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM), the Association of University Centers on Disabilities(AUCD) and ASHA.
If any members have any comments regarding this report, please contact me via e-mail at Raungst@aol.com.
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