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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Theresa Hnath Chisolm, University of South Florida |
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The Current U.S. Hearing Health Model | |
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) | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |