Full Schedule

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST

Exhibitor Set-Up

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CST

First Aid

Location: Next to Magnolia Porch, First Floor

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CST

Presenter Ready Room

Location: Room 214

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM CST

Academy Information Desk

Location: The Great Hall Pre-Function, First Floor

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM CST

Mother's Quiet Room

Location: Hall B2-1 Lobby, First Floor

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM CST

Registration Desk Open

Location: The Great Hall Pre-Function, First Floor

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CST

LL101 - Learning Lab: Cerumen Management Workshop: Navigating Your Way out of a Sticky Situation (separate ticket required)

Location: Rooms 203-205

Lead Presenter: – Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City

Adult Diagnostic (AD)

Earn 0.15 CEUs

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

LL102 - Learning Lab: Made Just for You: Personalizing the Hearing Aid through REM (separate ticket required)

Location: Rooms 217-219; Rooms 220-222

Lead Presenter: – The University of South Dakota

Presenter: – The University of South Dakota

Amplification and Assistive Devices (AAD)

Earn 0.3 CEUs

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

LL103 - Learning Lab: Turning Points: Mastering Vestibular Rotational Assessment (separate ticket required)

Location: Rooms 208-210

Lead Presenter: – Drexel University

Vestibular (V)

Earn 0.3 CEUs

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

LL104 - Learning Lab: Electric Acoustic Stimulation (EAS): Maximizing Acoustic Hearing Benefit in Combination with Cochlear Implants for Children and Adults (separate ticket required)

Location: Rooms 215-216

Lead Presenter: – Hearts for Hearing

Implantable Devices (ID)

Earn 0.3 CEUs

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

LL105 - Learning Lab: All Access Pass: Updates in Music Audiology (separate ticket required)

Location: Rooms 228-230

Lead Presenter: – Earmark Hearing Conservation

Presenter: – Earmark Hearing Conservation / Tuned

Hearing Conservation (HC)

Earn 0.3 CEUs

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM CST

LL101 - Learning Lab: Lab A - Cerumen Management Workshop: Navigating Your Way out of a Sticky Situation (separate ticket required)

Location: Rooms 206-207

Lead Presenter: – Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City

Adult Diagnostic (AD)

Earn 0.15 CEUs

10:10 AM - 11:30 AM CST

Student - Hands-On Workshop: Expanding Your Expertise-Elevating Patient Care

Location: St. James Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Lead Presenter: – Starkey

Student Education

11:35 AM - 12:35 PM CST

Student - Final-Year Externship Panel

Location: St. James Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Lead Presenter: – Idaho State University

Presenter: – Mayo Clinic Arizona

Presenter: – Hearing Associates of Colorado

Presenter: – Boston Children's Hospital

Presenter: – University of North Carolina

Presenter: – UPMC / University of Pittsburgh

Presenter: – Christus Children's Hospital of San Antonio

Student Education

1:05 PM - 2:05 PM CST

Student - Professional Skills: Document Writing and Interviewing Tips

Location: St. James Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Lead Presenter: – Mayo Clinic

Presenter: – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh

Presenter: – University of South Dakota

Student Education

2:05 PM - 2:35 PM CST

Student - Licensing and ABA Certification

Location: St. James Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Lead Presenter: – Amplifon Hearing Health Care

Presenter:

Presenter: – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Student Education

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM CST

Student - A Code’s Lifecycle: Understanding the CPT and RUC Process

Location: St. James Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Lead Presenter: – The University of Akron

Student Education

3:10 PM - 4:00 PM CST

Student - Telling Stories: Extreme False and Exaggerated Hearing Loss in Children

Location: St. James Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Lead Presenter: – Cook Children's Medical Center

Student Education

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST

Student - SAA Conference (separate ticket)

Location: St. James Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Student Education

Sponsored By

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CST

Getting the Most Out of Your Conference Experience: First-Time Attendee Orientation

Location: Rooms 211-213

Presenter: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CST

OL101 - Beyond the Booth: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Resiliency

Location: Rooms 225-227

Lead Presenter: – Director, Teaching Health Center, Access Health Louisiana

Career/Personal Development (CPD)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM CST

LL101 - Learning Lab: Lab B - Cerumen Management Workshop: Navigating Your Way out of a Sticky Situation (separate ticket required)

Location: Rooms 206-207

Lead Presenter: – Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City

Adult Diagnostic (AD)

Earn 0.15 CEUs

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST

CEU Manager Open

Location: The Great Hall Pre-Function, First Floor

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST

Poster Hall - Setup for Presenters

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM CST

MM101 - Advancing Quality Audiology Education: ACAE

Location: Rooms 211-213

Lead Presenter: – The University of Texas at Dallas

Presenter: – CSU Sacramento

Academic and Clinical Education (ACE)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST

FS101 - Audiological Management of Hyperacusis

Location: The Great Hall BC, First Floor

Lead Presenter: – Florida Atlantic University

Tinnitus and Decreased Sound Tolerance (TH)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST

LM101 - Inter-Professional Fall Risk Assessment Training for Audiologists and Student Clinicians

Location: Rivergate Room, First Floor

Lead Presenter: – LSUHSC

Presenter: – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Presenter: – Louisiana State University Health Science Center

Presenter: – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

(Re)habilitation and Counseling (C)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST

LM102 - Managing Medical Errors in Pediatric Audiology: Lessons from a Major Medical Center

Location: Rooms 203-205

Lead Presenter: – University of Miami Ear Institute - Children's Hearing Program

Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues (LEPI)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST

LM103 - Assessment and Interpretation of Wideband Tympanometry in Children with Middle-Ear Dysfunction

Location: Rooms 208-210

Lead Presenter: – Boys Town National Research Hospital

Pediatrics (P)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST

LM104 - Clinicians AND Researchers: JAAA Wants YOU for Peer Review

Location: Rooms 215-216

Lead Presenter: – James Madison University

Presenter: – Boys Town National Research Hospital

Presenter: – The University of South Dakota

Presenter: – School of Audiology, Pacific University

Academic and Clinical Education (ACE)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST

LM105 - An Overview of the American Academy of Audiology Clinical Consensus Statement on Assessment of Vestibular Function in the Pediatric Population

Location: Rooms 217-219

Lead Presenter: – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Presenter: – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Presenter: – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Presenter: – Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Presenter: – Boston Children's Hospital

Pediatrics (P)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST

LM106 - Update on OTC Hearing Aids at the Community Pharmacy

Location: Rooms 220-222

Lead Presenter: – University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Presenter: – University of Pittsburgh

Practice Management (PM)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST

Annual Academy Membership Meeting

Location: Rooms 228-230

1:00 PM - 2:45 PM CST

OL102 - Beyond the Booth: Happiness Is and the Success of Teams

Location: Rooms 225-227

Lead Presenter: – Louisiana State University Health Science Center School of Nursing

Presenter: – Louisiana State University Health Science Center School of Nursing

Career/Personal Development (CPD)

Earn 0.15 CEUs

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST

ACAE Meet and Greet

Location: Rooms 211-213 Foyer, Second Floor

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CST

LM107 - Exploring Stethoscope Options for Health Professionals with Hearing Loss

Location: Rivergate Room, First Floor

Lead Presenter: – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Presenter: – Norwalk Hospital / Yale Medical School

Amplification and Assistive Devices (AAD)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CST

LM108 - Health-Related Quality of Life Benefits of Hearing Aids: What Is the Evidence?

Location: Rooms 203-205

Lead Presenter: – HERO Laboratory

Presenter: – Lamar University

Presenter: – The University of South Dakota

Presenter: – Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing, Nitte (deemed to be) University

Presenter: – School of Audiology, Pacific University

Presenter: – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Presenter: – Rush University Medical Center

Presenter:

Amplification and Assistive Devices (AAD)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CST

LM109 - An Audiologist's Primer to Artificial Intelligence

Location: Rooms 206-207

Lead Presenter: – Sonova

Amplification and Assistive Devices (AAD)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CST

LM110 - Preventing Medical Errors in Your Practice - Part 1

Location: Rooms 208-210

Lead Presenter: – HearingLife

Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues (LEPI)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CST

LM111 - Overview of the 2024 VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Tinnitus

Location: Rooms 215-216

Lead Presenter: – Defense Centers for Public Health - Aberdeen

Presenter: – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center/Po'okela Solutions, LLC, Honolulu, HI

Tinnitus and Decreased Sound Tolerance (TH)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CST

LM112 - Early Music Training During the Critical Period for Children with Hearing Loss

Location: Rooms 217-219

Lead Presenter: – uTD

Presenter: – University of Texas at Dallas

Pediatrics (P)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM CST

FS102 - Considerations Regarding Accepting Managed Care in Your Office

Location: The Great Hall BC, First Floor

Lead Presenter: – Advanced Hearing Solutions

Presenter: – Audiology Always

Presenter: – The Unbundled Audiologist

Presenter: – Audiologic Services

Presenter: – Dr. Cliff AuD

Presenter: – Sonora Hearing Care, LLC

Presenter: – Red Maple Audiology

Practice Management (PM)

Earn 0.15 CEUs

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM CST

OL103 - Clinical Education in the Externship Year: Stakeholder Discussions

Location: Rooms 211-213

Lead Presenter: – Boston Children's Hospital

Presenter: – University of Pittsburgh

Presenter: – The University of Akron

Presenter: – CSU Sacramento

Presenter: – Henry Ford Health System

Presenter: – Hearing Associates of Colorado

Academic and Clinical Education (ACE)

Earn 0.15 CEUs

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM CST

MM102 - Optimizing Hearing Aid Performance for Music

Location: Rooms 220-222

Lead Presenter: – WS Audiology

Presenter: – Signia

Amplification and Assistive Devices (AAD)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

New Professionals' Networking Meet-Up (open to all early-career audiologists)

Location: Rivergate Terrace

Sponsored By

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

OL104 - Beyond the Booth: The Coach Advantage: Elevating Early Leadership in Audiology

Location: Rooms 225-227

Lead Presenter: – The Reminder Remedy Coaching Co.

Career/Personal Development (CPD)

Earn 0.1 CEUs

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST

MM103 - Novel Use of Aided Speech Recognition Testing Outside the Booth for Device Validation

Location: Rivergate Room, First Floor

Lead Presenter: – The Cleveland Clinic

Amplification and Assistive Devices (AAD)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST

MM105 - Spatial Hearing and Tinnitus in Children with Chronic Otitis Media

Location: Rooms 206-207

Lead Presenter: – University of the Pacific/UCSF

Pediatrics (P)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST

MM106 - Interdisciplinary Assessment and Management of Acquired Central Hearing Loss: A Case Study

Location: Rooms 208-210

Lead Presenter: – University of California San Francisco

Adult Diagnostic (AD)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST

MM107 - The Telehealth Revolution in Tinnitus Treatment: Insights from over 1,000 Cases

Location: Rooms 215-216

Lead Presenter: – Treble Health

Tinnitus and Decreased Sound Tolerance (TH)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST

MM108 - Proactive and Reactive VOR Tests for Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation

Location: Rooms 217-219

Lead Presenter: – Interacoustics

Vestibular (V)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST

MM109 - Our Experience Removing Barriers to Hearing Care: VPATH

Location: Rooms 220-222

Presenter: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lead Presenter: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues (LEPI)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST

Student - SAA Mix and Mingle (open to all students)

Location: St. Charles Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

Sponsored By

4:00 PM - 7:30 PM CST

HearTECH Expo Open

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

4:00 PM - 7:30 PM CST

Recharge Lounge

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

Sponsored By

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM CST

HS101 - Data-Driven Deep Neural Network Noise Reduction

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

Lead Presenter: – GN Hearing A/S

Presenter: – GN Group

Academic and Clinical Education (ACE)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM CST

Beer and Wine Bar in HearTECH Expo

Sponsored By

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST

HS102 - Audiology Through the Lifespan: Considering a Psychological Lens in Our Clinical Practice

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

Lead Presenter: – Faculty of Health Sciences / School of CSD and The National Centre for Audiology

Presenter: – Oticon

(Re)habilitation and Counseling (C)

Earn 0.05 CEUs

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CST

Celebrate Audiology Reception in HearTECH Expo

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

Sponsored By

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

A.T. Still University Alumni Open House

Location: Newberry Room, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

Nova Southeastern University Open House

Location: Parish Room, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

Salus at Drexel University Alumni Open House

Location: Cannal Room, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Audiology Program Open House

Location: Trafalgar Room, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Open House

Location: Durham Room, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST

University of Texas at Dallas Open House

Location: Norwich Room, Level 3, Hilton Riverside Hotel

6:30 PM - 6:45 PM CST

Academy Raffle Drawing in HearTECH Expo (must be present to win)

Location: Expo Hall B, First Floor

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CST

AAA Foundation Happy Hour (separate ticket)

Location: River/Port/Starboard, Riverside Complex, Hilton Riverside Hotel