Division 6, Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics

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• Announcements
• Mission Statement
• Study Issues and Professional Issues
• Affiliate Benefits - including our peer-reviewed publication, Perspectives
• Division Steering Committee

Announcements

Audiology 2007 - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder: Evidence and Practice

A virtual conference on the Web for audiologists and speech-language pathologists
September 18-28, 2007

Special Interest Division 6 is a sponsor of the event and their affiliates receive a discount on the registration fee!

In 2008, Special Interest Division member publications, Perspectives, will be published online only. The Divisions are going to this new format:

• To save some GREEN. Increases in content and frequency of publication coupled with increasing postage costs have put a strain on Division budgets. Publishing online only will free up resources that can be allocated to other Division programs and member benefits.
• To be more GREEN. Online publishing is a positive step environmentally; it saves resources (paper, energy) associated with publishing hardcopy.
• To respond to affiliates' interests in accessing content online.
• To provide new benefits (e.g., archived issues).

2007 Topics for Division 6 Perspectives

Look for these exciting topics in Division 6's Perspectives this year!

• August: Late Auditory Evoked Potentials
  
• November: Evidence-based Practice in Audiology

Rehab for Age-Related Changes in Auditory Function

Division 6 and Division 15 (Gerontology) sponsored a live forum event Tues., June 20, 2006. Missed the event? You can access the archived version online.

The online experts were:

• Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto; director, the Human Communication Lab, Centre for Research on Biological Communication Systems at Mississauga; adjunct scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
• Elizabeth Galletta, associate professor, Communication Disorders Department, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York.
• Kassie Witte, audiologist and speech-language pathologist, Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York.
• Susan Goldfein, principal, Older Adult Consultation Services, Westport, Connecticut, and Coordinator, Division 15, Gerontology.

Mission Statement

The mission of Division 6, Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics is to provide a forum for collaboration between researchers and clinicians to translate research into evidence-based practice related to hearing and balance.

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Study and Professional Issues  

Study Issues

• Micro-mechanics of the cochlea; oto-acoustic emissions
• Electrophysiologic measures of the auditory system
• Models of the ear
• Psychoacoustics with hearing impaired listeners
• Auditory processes in speech recognition
• Design of new hearing aids, cochlear implants and other sensory aids
• Digital signal processing for psychoacoustics and physiology research
• New ideas in hearing research
• Age effects on balance and communication
• Cochleotoxicity
• Advances in vestibular system testing and rehabilitation
• Vestibulotoxicity

Professional Issues

• ASHA liaison with NIDCD
• Lists of potential NIH site visitors and IRG members
• Nature of hearing science contribution to the annual ASHA Convention
• Why publish in ASHA journals?
• Liaison with Acoustical Society? with ARO?
• Use of e-mail and electronic BBS
• Educational requirements for hearing scientists of the future.

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Affiliate Benefits

Perspectives - our peer-reviewed publication

Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Diagnostics, published in August and November, features

• News of division activities
• Articles on clinical topics
• Articles on professional and practice issues

Affiliates also receive an issue of Perspectives on Audiology published by the Audiology Coordinating Committee.

Check out the September 2005 issue of Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Diagnostics

• Front page - including table of contents, "In This Issue" [PDF]    
• "Mechanisms of Ototoxicity" [PDF] by Gale Tuper, Nadir Ahmad, and Michael Seidman, Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

View indexes [PDF] of Division 6 articles.

Continuing Education

Affiliates can earn CEUs through self-study of Perspectives. 

Division 6 sponsors  a Short Course at the annual ASHA Convention. Division affiliates are eligible for a discount on select Short Courses at Convention.

Networking

Affiliates have the opportunity to identify others with interest in hearing and hearing disorders and to network through an exclusive Web forum and e-mail list.

Representation Within ASHA

• The Division 6 Coordinator represents the Special Interest Division on Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics within the ASHA Board of Division Coordinators.
• The Steering Committee responds to ASHA requests for input regarding policy, guidelines, committees, and other issues.
• Affiliates have the opportunity to provide input to the division leadership and ASHA.

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Steering Committee   

Coordinator: Kim S. Schairer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Coordinator: Dawn L. Konrad-Martin, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
Barbara Cone-Wesson, University of Arizona
Patricia Dorn, Department of Veterans Affairs
Jennifer J. Lister, University of South Florida

CE Administrator: Jeanane Ferre

Ex Officios
Brian B. Shulman, Monitoring Vice President for Professional Practices in Speech-Language Pathology
Gwendolyn D. Wilson, Monitoring Vice President for Professional Practices in Audiology
Michelle Ferketic, Director, Special Interest Divisions and International Liaison Programs

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