November 19–21, 2009
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70130
Convention Overview for Audiologists | Registration, Housing, and Travel | My Planner |
Convention Events | Information for Students | ASHA Bookstore at Convention
Convention Overview for Audiologists
- Message from John Ferraro, 2009 ASHA Convention Co-Chair
- Convention Schedule
- Audiology at ASHA 2009 e-Brochure
- Audiology Schedule At-A-Glance [PDF, 3.6MB]
- Convention home page
- This year the Convention Program book will not be mailed. Programs will be available at the Convention Center. Please see the My Planner section of this Web page for information on planning your schedule in advance online.
- Audiology session topics are:
- Academic and Educational Issues
- Adult Diagnostics
- Adult Treatment and Rehabilitation
- Business, Management, and Professional Issues
- Hearing Science
- Issues in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations
- Pediatric Diagnostics
- Research Issues Across the Discipline
- Treatment of Hearing Loss and (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders in Children: (Re)habilitation and Educational Issues
- CEU Information
- Download Handouts
Information on session handouts will be available soon. Short Course attendees will receive their handouts on a DVD.
- Short Courses
Short courses require tickets and (please note!) sell out quickly. The fee for attendance is $60, and you can register for these courses on the Convention registration form. Several short courses (indicated by *) are sponsored by Special Interest Divisions, so if you are an affiliate of any Division you can purchase tickets to those courses for just $30. Audiologists may be particularly interested in the following short courses:
- SC08: Getting Funded: Introduction to Grant Writing
- SC10: Crossing the Creek From the Clinic to the Classroom*
- SC19: Stigma: An Obstacle to Intervention for People With Communicative Disorders*
- SC24: Strategic Practice Management
- Visit the Audiology Booth at Convention
ASHA's audiology booth will be located near the audiology session rooms. Find out about ASHA services, benefits, and resources. Stop by and say hello or get answers to any questions you might have.
- Follow the ASHA Convention on Twitter
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Registration, Housing, and Travel
- Register for Convention now online or by mail or fax. Please read the important details regarding registration. The pre-registration deadline is October 19, 2009. Make sure you have your ASHA, NSSLHA, or Graduate Student membership number to receive the discount on fees.
- View the Airline Information Web page. Cost-saving options are available through Association Travel Concepts (ATC), ASHA's official travel agency.
- Convention housing is now open. You can make your housing reservations online, by phone at 866-229-3691, or by mail/fax after completing the housing reservation form.
- Are you interested in a less expensive option for housing in New Orleans? Would you enjoy sharing a room with your friends in a great part of the city? If you answered yes, then Marquette House New Orleans International Hostel may be perfect for you. Make your reservations early—the hostel will fill quickly.
- Need a roommate to help share costs with you? Chat with other members who are looking for a hotel room and/or roommate on ASHA's Roommate Forum.
- Getting to and Around New Orleans
- Cheryl's Restaurant Picks
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My Planner
My Planner is a helpful online tool that organizes your selected sessions in one easy-to-read printout. There will be a My Planner room on-site at the Convention, located near registration, where you can update your information. The ASHA Leader published a helpful article, "My Planner: An Innovative Tool for Navigating Convention."
To get started, create an account, even if you used My Planner last year. Once you are logged in, you will see instructions on how to search for sessions by day, topic, type, or presenter's last name.
A complete listing of abstracts [PDF, 2.2MB] is available. The audiology sessions are located at the front of the document and are organized by date, session topic, and session type. The following types of sessions are searchable in My Planner:
- Audiology Poster
- Exhibitor Session
- Short Course
- Seminar—1 Hour
- Seminar—2 Hours
- Technical Platform
- Poster
To record events on your itinerary that are not one of these session types, use the Add Note feature. Examples of events that you may wish to add as notes are:
- Pre-Convention Workshops offered by the Special Interest Divisions
- Short Courses
- Lunchtime Sessions
- Opening Ceremony
- Awards Ceremony
- Closing Party
- ASHFoundation JazzFest
- Career Fair
- Graduate School Fair
- Personal appointments and reminders
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Convention Events
Wednesday, November 18
- Community Service Project
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity project, 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Bus transportation will be arranged.
- Listen to Your Buds Concert for students in the New Orleans school system, 10:00 a.m., Tulane University's McAlister Auditorium. ASHA sponsors the free event in collaboration with the Parents' Choice Foundation and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and offers safe-listening activities for teachers to use in their classrooms. Seating is limited to accommodate the students. For more information, contact Annette Gorey at agorey@asha.org.
- Pre-Convention Workshops
Division 11, Administration and Supervision offers Supporting Professional Performance in the Clinical Workplace, 1:00–5:30 p.m. View the agenda [PDF] and registration form [PDF].
- ASHA-PAC Wine Tasting (ASHA members only), 5:30 p.m. The cost is a $35 contribution to ASHA-PAC. For more information or to RSVP please send a message to PAC@asha.org.
Thursday, November 19
- Celebrating Judy Gravel: Honoring 30 Years of Contributions, Morial Convention Center, Rooms 350 and 351
Part 1, 8:30–10:30 a.m.
Part 2, 11:00 a.m.–noon
The audiology program will feature a special session by top researchers and clinicians in memory of Dr. Judith Gravel and her myriad contributions to pediatric audiology.
- New Investigator Roundtable, noon–1:00 p.m.
This session is for individuals in the beginning stages of an academic-research career to interact with more experienced investigators in an informal setting.
- Opening General Session, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m., Morial Convention Center, Auditorium. Tony Award®-winner Ben Vereen will be the keynote speaker.
- Multicultural Concerns Collective (MC2) evening reception and networking forum, 8:00–10:00 p.m. Open to all ASHA members interested in multicultural issues. This year's MC2 meeting will recognize the Diversity Champions. For more information, contact multicultural@asha.org.
- ASHFoundation JazzFest Fundraiser, 7:30–9:30 p.m. (ticketed event). Audiologist and accomplished jazz musician Chuck Berlin, accompanied by a group of New Orleans All-Star musicians, will lead the parade from the ASHA Convention Opening Session to the Howlin' Wolf music club.
Friday, November 20
- Foundation Founders Breakfast, 6:45–8:30 a.m., Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, Armstrong Ballroom (by invitation). Donors at the Founder level ($100) and above will receive personal invitations and be recognized for their generosity in funding the future of the professions. To become a donor, contact the ASHFoundation office at 301-296-8704 or donate online.
- Pathways to Research Funding Roundtable, noon–1:00 p.m.
This session is for junior CSD researchers to discuss matters related to research funding with more seasoned researchers in the field.
- Awards Ceremony, 5:30–7:00 p.m., Morial Convention Center, Auditorium. ASHA awards for excellence in our professions will be presented. The winner of this year's "Annie" award is Vice President Joe Biden.
Saturday, November 21
Multi-day Events
- Short Courses, Thursday–Saturday, 8:30–11:30 a.m. and 1:30–4:30 p.m. Short courses require tickets and sell out quickly. You can register for these courses on the Convention registration form.
- Lunch in the Exhibit Hall, noon to 1:00 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, November 19–21. Tickets for lunch are only $5 and must be purchased prior to Convention on the registration form.
- Lunchtime Sessions, noon–1:00 p.m., Thursday–Saturday, Morial Convention Center
- Career Fair, Morial Convention Center
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Thursday
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Friday
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Saturday
- Dynamic Learning Groups (full)
- Consultation with the Experts at the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) table in the ASHA Member Services Center
- Visit the 2009 ASHA Convention exhibitors before, during, and after the event! The Virtual Expo tool is available to you 24/7.
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Information for Students
- Register for Convention now online or by mail or fax. Make sure you have your NSSLHA or Graduate Student membership number to receive the discount on registration fees.
- See the Convention housing Web page for information about the Marquette House New Orleans International Hostel and the Roommate Forum.
- Getting To and Around New Orleans
- NSSLHA Day at the ASHA Convention is Friday, November 20. Students participating in NSSLHA Day activities can enjoy an entire day of programming targeted specifically to their interests.
- Get the answers to many frequently asked questions about the ASHA Convention from NSSLHA.
- Come to the Graduate School Fair, noon–4:00 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Morial Convention Center, Hall G
- And don't miss the Career Fair, Morial Convention Center
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Thursday
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Friday
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Saturday
- Congratulations to the following 20 individuals who have been selected to receive the Audiology/Hearing Science Research Travel Award (ARTA) to attend this year's Convention:
- Lauren Baranowski, University of Kansas
- Sienna Burke, University of Maryland
- Tara Davis, University of Texas at Dallas
- Michelle Gremp, Washington University
- Amanda Griffin, University of Massachusetts
- Woojae Han, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Melissa Kreze, University at Buffalo, SUNY
- Erin Maloff, Vanderbilt University
- Ashlee Martz, University of Kansas
- Kimberly Meyer, University of Massachusetts
- Jamie Moushey, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Kelli Murphy, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Fadi Najem, Missouri State University
- Anne Olson, University of Kentucky
- Ann Perreau, University of Iowa
- Erin Rellinger, Washington University
- Kimberly Slocum, Syracuse University
- Elizabeth Talmage, University of South Florida
- Chiemi Tanaka, University at Buffalo, SUNY
- Marcin Wroblewski, Graduate Center, CUNY
Please watch for applications for the ARTA and other awards April or May 2010.
ASHA Bookstore at Convention
Make the ASHA Bookstore (Booth 733) your first stop at Convention to see all of the new audiology programs and products. New professional development programs specifically for audiologists include:
Best of all, you'll be receiving a $25 Gift Certificate on-site with your registration materials. This Gift Certificate can be used toward any ASHA Professional Development Program! (Offer valid on on-site purchases only. Other restrictions apply.)
In addition, be sure not to miss all of the new audiology resources and consumer education material. Everything is 10% off!
And don't forget, stop by the ASHA Bookstore (Booth 733) to enter the drawing for a Client Education Toolkit for Audiologists—an $89 value!
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