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Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 103-116

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From page 103...
... . During 24 years with the HLAA, 5 as executive director, she led nationwide advocacy efforts to change the way society views hearing loss, pushed for accessible and affordable hearing health care and consumer choice in the marketplace, promoted hearingfriendly environments through technology such as looping and captioning, and successfully advocated for hearing-aid-compatible mobile products.
From page 104...
... As chief consultant for Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services, her responsibilities include oversight and direction for Audiology and Speech Pathology Service, Blind Rehabilitation Service, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service and Polytrauma, Recreation Therapy Service, and Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service.
From page 105...
... 15927 standard for services offered by hearing aid professionals. He is the author of many scientific articles ranging from clinical testing of feedback suppression systems to standard audiograms for hearing aid characterization.
From page 106...
... She has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Special Friends of Hearing Impaired People Award from the Hearing Loss Association and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Academy of Audiology. Following her teaching career, she served, for 2 years, as director of hearing wellness at Etymotic Research, where she developed a website, www.soundstrategy.com, that serves as a resource for individuals seeking guidance on hearing enhancement techniques.
From page 107...
... Dr. Davis Moss is a master certified health education specialist; a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society; and author of several journal articles and reports focusing on gestational weight gain, health communications, and family health policy.
From page 108...
... Since losing much of his hearing overnight in 2010, he has used his lifelong knowledge of audio technology to hear better in situations where hearing aids are inadequate. He has also become a well-known advocate for improved assistive listening technologies.
From page 109...
... , chair of the Access to Benefits Coalition, and board member of Generations United and the National Human Services Assembly. Prior to joining NCOA as president and CEO, Firman was president and CEO of the United Seniors Health Cooperative (USHC)
From page 110...
... He has helped to develop major eye care programs in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Nepal, and Tanzania. Within this paradigm of "empathetic capitalism," he now works to create social investing funds to support sustainable social enterprises (The Eye Fund with Deutsche Bank for $15M)
From page 111...
... Dr. Jette currently directs the Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement Center, funded by the NIH National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research.
From page 112...
... Her research investigates hearing loss and rehabilitation in adults. She is currently collaborating with public health researchers and community health workers to increase access to hearing healthcare among older adults on the U.S.-Mexico border.
From page 113...
... Her program of research centers on health technology policy, including the dynamics of health technology development, assessment, and adoption within systems of health research and health care. James Pacala, M.D., M.S., a board-certified family physician and geriatrician, is Distinguished Teaching Professor and associate head, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
From page 114...
... Gabrielle Saunders, Ph.D., is associate director of the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR) , Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, and associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Oregon Health and Science University, also in Portland.
From page 115...
... Her research and publications focus on studies of the experience of control in caregivers and in persons with diabetes; education and self-management in diabetes; successful aging for persons with chronic conditions; self-care and symptom management; cross-cultural interventions to support family caregivers with dementia; family conflict and coping; and the impact of hearing impairment on older adults. Her research and publications have focused on the areas of informal caregiving, the experience of control, successful aging and diabetes, but with a major focus for over a decade on the impact of hearing impairment on older adults and their families.
From page 116...
... Wallhagen has been involved with and has served on the board of the Family Caregiver Alliance, a nonprofit organization that supports family caregivers, and Bread for the World, an organization that works for policies to eliminate hunger worldwide. Over the past several years she has worked with the Hearing Loss Association of America.


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