Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus (2006)
Chapter: Appendix B Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings
Appendix B
Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings
MEETING I
MAY 12–13, 2004
The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
11:30 a.m. | Introductory Remarks |
| Larry Humes, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present |
| Introductions by Committee Members and Meeting Attendees |
11:45 | Study Context and Goals, Sponsor Perspective |
| Michael Hodgson, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Occupational Health Program Veterans Health Administration Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Discussion |
12:30 p.m. | Lunch in meeting room |
1:15 | Study Origins and Intent, Congressional Perspective |
| Mary Schoelen, J.D. Deputy Staff Director (Benefits) and General Counsel Senate Veterans Affairs Committee |
| Discussion |
| Military Services’ Brief Perspectives on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Issues and Hearing Conservation Programs and History |
2:00 | Colonel David W. Chandler, Ph.D. Director, Army Audiology and Speech Center Consultant to the Army Surgeon General for Audiology and Hearing Conservation Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
2:20 | John Page Occupational Audiology Team Leader Navy Environmental Health Center |
2:40 | Major Joseph J. Narrigan, Au.D. Deputy Commander Air Force Medical Element Andrews Air Force Base, MD |
3:00 | Commander Wade McConnell [by telephone] Chief, Environmental Health Division Office of Safety and Environmental Health U.S. Coast Guard |
3:20 | Discussion |
3:45 | Adjourn Open Session |
Thursday, May 13, 2004
10:00 a.m. | Begin Open Session |
| Military Services’ Brief Perspectives on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Issues and Hearing Conservation Programs and History (continued) |
| Al Lillibridge Occupational Safety and Health Manager U.S. Marine Corps |
| Discussion |
10:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
MEETING II
JULY 19–20, 2004
The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Monday, July 19, 2004
1:30 p.m. | Introductory Remarks |
| Larry Humes, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service |
| Introductions by Committee Members and Meeting Attendees |
1:45 | Military Services’ Data and Databases on Hearing, Hearing Conservation Programs, and Noise |
| Department of Defense and Army Data and Databases |
| Douglas Ohlin, Ph.D. Program Manager, Hearing Conservation U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
| Navy Data and Databases |
| John Page (by telephone) Occupational Audiology Team Leader Navy Environmental Health Center |
| Discussion |
4:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
9:15 a.m. | Introductory Remarks |
| Larry Humes, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service |
| Introductions by Committee Members and Meeting Attendees |
9:20 | Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Review and Examinations for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus |
| Veterans Health Administration: |
| Kyle Dennis, Ph.D. Audiology and Speech Pathology National Program Office Judy Schafer, Ph.D. Audiologist, VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C. |
| Veterans Benefits Administration: |
| Bradley Flohr Chief, Judicial/Advisory Review, Compensation and Pension |
| Discussion |
11:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
MEETING IV
DECEMBER 6–7, 2004
The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8:30 | Introductory Remarks |
| Larry Humes, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service |
| Introductions by Committee Members and Meeting Attendees |
8:40 | Shipboard Noise and Hearing Conservation Issues |
| Kurt Yankaskas Branch Manager, Human Systems Integration Programs Naval Sea Systems Command |
9:20 | Air Force Hearing Conservation Program |
| Major Robert Pluta, USAF Chief, Hearing Conservation Data Registry |
10:00 | Break |
