Dr. Craig Newman
Strategies and Decision-Making for Managing Patients with Tinnitus: A Multidisciplinary Clinical Pathway Model (3HRS)
Section Head of Audiology in the Head & Neck Institute at Cleveland Clinic and professor in the Department of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
Program Abstract: An overview of the clinical pathway for patients seen in the multidisciplinary Tinnitus Management Clinic (TMC) at the Cleveland Clinic will be presented. As will be discussed, sequencing patients through the TMC involves several steps and interactions among audiology and other healthcare disciplines including otolaryngology, psychology, neurology, physical therapy, and dentistry. The TMC model offers an approach for evaluating and managing varying levels of perceived tinnitus distress using a series of assessment and intervention strategies. The sessions will focus on the: (1) benefits of a group education format that provides informational counseling and a multidisciplinary tinnitus screening; (2) audiologic assessment of tinnitus using both psychoacoustic and self-report measures; and (3) selection and application of various sound therapy options including the use of sound generators, hearing aids and music that provide tinnitus relief.
Dr. Larry E. Roberts
Changing brains with music and other sounds (3HRS)
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
Program Abstract: Auditory perception is the outcome of neural processing from the cochlea to the auditory cortex and more distal brain regions. It is an important but difficult task to understand the transformations that take place at each stage of the projection pathway and how they relate to hearing, auditory perception, and memory. Neural plasticity is a driving force in these transformations, which can be imaged (albeit it coarsely) by auditory evoked potentials (EEG) and magnetic fields (MEG) that arise from events taking place at different levels of the central auditory system. Our research applies these imaging methods to study how music training and auditory discriminations trained in the laboratory modify neural representations for sound, and to try to understand the rules involved. The results suggest that neural remodeling is driven largely by the spectrotemporal statistics of the acoustic input in adults as well as in children, such that neural representations become tuned to the sounds that are present in the environment. Attention becomes increasingly important after maturity, but appears to exert its selective effects principally on higher order auditory processing required for complex skill, adaptive behaviour, and memory. Knowledge about these principles may assist in understanding assets (musical skill) as well as disorders (tinnitus) of auditory function.
(Research supported by CIHR and NSERC of Canada, the American Tinnitus Association, and the Tinnitus Research Initiative)
Dr. Mary Beth Jennings
Looking at the practice of Audiology through different lenses: Impacts on assessment, intervention strategies and outcomes (3HRS)
An Associate Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) and the Principle Investigator of the Robert B. Johnston Aural Rehabilitation Laboratory within the National Centre for Audiology (NCA) at the University of Western Ontario.
Presentation Abstract: The conceptual framework we use in our practices influences how we think about, organize, and deliver our services and assess their outcomes. It also influences how we view our clients, our role, and our client's role within the assessment and intervention process. This presentation will describe how we can gain a broader understanding of the impacts of hearing loss on the complex communication environments that our clients encounter as well as explore a broader range of assessment and intervention services we may offer in our practices. Case studies will be used to illustrate the application of conceptual frameworks to working with our clients.
Information
- 2010 Sounds+ Conference
- Friday June 4th to Saturday June 5th 2010
- Lord Nelson Hotel
1515 South Park Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia - Reservations: 1.800.565.2020 | 902.423.5130
- Phone: 902.423.6331 Fax: 902.423.7148
- Focus: Tinnitus
Schedule
- Thursday June 3, 2010
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6:00pm - 8:30pm Sounds+ AGM followed by dinner - Friday June 4, 2010
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8:00am - 9:00am Registration 9:00am - 10:45am Dr. Craig Newman 10:45am - 11:00am Refreshment Break 11:00am - 12:00pm Dr. Craig Newman (continued) 12:00pm - 1:00pm LUNCH (Provided) 12:00pm - 2:30pm EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 2:30pm - 3:45pm Dr. Larry E. Roberts 3:45pm - 4:00pm Refreshment Break 4:00pm - 5:30pm Dr. Larry E. Roberts (continued) 5:30pm - 7:30pm EXHIBIT HALL OPEN/ RECEPTION 7:30pm - 11:00pm DESSERT BUFFET/AUCTION/ENTERTAINMENT - Saturday June 5, 2010
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8:30am - 9:00am Registration 9:00am - 10:45am Dr. Mary Beth Jennings 10:45am - 11:00am Refreshment Break 11:00am - 12:00pm Dr. Mary Beth Jennings (continued)
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