Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging: Workshop Summary (2014)
Chapter: Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging: A Workshop
January 13–14, 2014
The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Sponsored by:
IOM-NRC Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence
Academy of Doctors of Audiology
American Academy of Audiology
American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Cochlear Americas
European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association
Hearing Industries Association
Hearing Loss Association of America
Hi HealthInnovations
MED-EL Corporation, USA
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Sound World Solutions
Hearing Loop System provided by Contacta, Inc.
Workshop Objectives
- Describe and characterize the public health significance of hearing loss and the relationship between hearing loss and healthy aging.
- Examine and explore current and future areas of research.
- Discuss comprehensive hearing rehabilitative strategies, including innovative models of care.
- Explore innovative hearing technologies and barriers to their development and use.
- Consider and discuss short- and long-term collaborative strategies for approaching age-related hearing loss as a public health priority.
| DAY ONE: January 13, 2014 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Alan M. Jette, Workshop Co-Chair | |
| Boston University School of Public Health | |
| Frank R. Lin, Workshop Co-Chair | |
| Johns Hopkins University |
CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE ON THE IMPACT OF HEARING LOSS
| 9:30 a.m. | Katherine Bouton, Author, Shouting Won’t Help |
SESSION I: AGING AND HEARING LOSS: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
| 9:50 a.m. | Introductions |
| Frank R. Lin (Moderator) | |
| Johns Hopkins University | |
| 9:55 a.m. | Series of Presentations |
| Luigi Ferrucci, National Institute on Aging | |
| James Firman, National Council on Aging | |
| Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, University of Toronto | |
| 10:25 a.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
SESSION II: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HEARING LOSS AND HEALTHY AGING
| 10:45 a.m. | Introductions |
| Luigi Ferrucci (Moderator) | |
| National Institute on Aging | |
| 10:50 a.m. | Series of Presentations |
| Impact on Cognition | |
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Marilyn Albert, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
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| Impact on Physical Functioning | |
| Alan M. Jette, Boston University School of Public Health | |
| Psychosocial Impacts | |
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Barbara Weinstein, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York |
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| 11:40 a.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
SESSION III: CURRENT APPROACHES TO HEARING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
| 1:15 p.m. | Introductions |
| Lucille B. Beck (Moderator) | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Series of Presentations |
| The Spectrum of Hearing Impairment | |
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Theresa Hnath Chisolm, University of South Florida |
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| The Current U.S. Hearing Health Model | |
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Margaret I. Wallhagen, University of California, San Francisco |
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| International Perspective | |
| Nikolai Bisgaard, GN ReSound A/S | |
| 2:35 p.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
SESSION IV: INNOVATIVE MODELS
| 3:30 p.m. | Introductions |
| Nikolai Bisgaard (Moderator) | |
| GN ReSound A/S |
| 3:35 p.m. | Series of Presentations |
| Community Health Workers1 | |
| Nicole Marrone, University of Arizona | |
| Teleaudiology | |
| Gabrielle Saunders, Portland VA Medical Center | |
| Addressing Untreated Age-Related Hearing Loss in a Primary Care Setting | |
| Thomas Powers, Powers Family Practice | |
| 4:20 p.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
| 4:50 p.m. | Day 1 Reflections and Closing Remarks |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn Day 1 |
DAY TWO: January 14, 2014
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome |
| Alan M. Jette, Workshop Co-Chair | |
| Boston University School of Public Health | |
| Frank R. Lin, Workshop Co-Chair | |
| Johns Hopkins University |
SESSION V: HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
| 9:05 a.m. | Introductions |
| Brenda Battat (Moderator) | |
| Hearing Loss Association of America (Retired) | |
| 9:10 a.m. | Series of Presentations |
| Technology Overview | |
| Cynthia Compton-Conley, Compton-Conley Consulting |
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1 This presentation was prepared by Nicole Marrone, assistant professor and James S. and Dyan Pignatelli/Unisource Clinical Chair in Audiologic Rehabilitation for Adults at the University of Arizona, but due to unforeseen circumstances, was presented by Theresa Chisolm.
| FDA Regulation of Hearing Aids | |
| Eric A. Mann, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | |
| Technology Assessment | |
| Fiona Miller, University of Toronto | |
| 10:10 a.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
HEARING TECHNOLOGIES FROM A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE
| 10:55 a.m. | Richard Einhorn, Composer, Voices of Light |
SESSION VI: AGING AND HEARING LOSS: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
| 11:15 a.m. | Introductions |
| Karen J. Cruickshanks (Moderator) | |
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University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health |
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| 11:20 a.m. | Series of Presentations |
| Lessons in Innovation | |
| David Green, Sound World Solutions | |
| The Function and Importance of Wireless Standards | |
| Stephen Berger, TEM Consulting | |
| Universal Design | |
| Valerie Fletcher, Institute for Human Centered Design | |
| 12:20 p.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
SESSION VII: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HEARING HEALTH CARE
| 1:45 p.m. | Introductions |
| Carole M. Rogin (Moderator) | |
| Hearing Industries Association |
| 1:50 p.m. | Series of Presentations |
| Healthy People 2001–2020: Tracking Age-Related Measures of Hearing Health in the New Millennium | |
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Howard J. Hoffman, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (NIDCD/NIH) |
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| The Changing Hearing Healthcare Landscape | |
| Robert Burkard, University at Buffalo | |
| NIDCD Research Working Group on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care | |
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Amy M. Donahue, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (NIDCD/NIH) |
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| Judy R. Dubno, Medical University of South Carolina | |
| Lucille B. Beck, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | |
| 2:35 p.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
SESSION VIII: COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
| 3:05 p.m. | Reactions and Discussion |
| James Firman (Moderator), National Council on Aging | |
| Regina Davis Moss, American Public Health Association | |
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James Pacala, American Geriatrics Society and University of Minnesota Medical School |
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| Charlotte Yeh, AARP | |
| 3:40 p.m. | Discussion with Speakers and Audience |
| 4:05 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| Alan M. Jette, Workshop Co-Chair | |
| Boston University School of Public Health | |
| Frank R. Lin, Workshop Co-Cchair | |
| Johns Hopkins University | |
| 4:20 p.m. | Adjourn |
