Coordinating Committee Members and Activities
Members of my Coordinating Committee are:
- Kaye Williams Hill, AuD, CCC-A, Educational Audiologist in Columbus, Georgia
- Ronald C. Jones, PhD, Professor of Audiology at Norfolk State University in Chesapeake, Virginia
- George T. Mencher, PhD, CCC-A, Professor of Audiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Joseph J. Montano, EdD, CCC-A, Director of Audiology at Cornell Medical College Department of Otorhinolaryngology in New York, New York
The following documents are being reviewed by the Coordinating Committee for currency:
- Audiometric Symbols
- Telephone Hearing Screening
Committee and Liaison Activities
ASHA/Council on Education of the Deaf (CED) Joint Committee
The ASHA and Council for Education of the Deaf (CED) Joint Committee had a very productive meeting at the National Office in July. At that meeting they developed a three year strategic plan. Members of the Joint Committee include audiologists, speech language pathologists, and deaf educators. ASHA members of the 2007 committee include Kym Meyer, Ginger Jones, George Mencher, Robin Gaschler and Anne Oyler (ex-officio).
Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH)
The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) issued its eighth position statement in October 2007. This document endorses the early hearing detection and intervention for infants with hearing loss. This committee is made up of volunteers from the following organizations:
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Audiology
- American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association\
- Council on Education of the Deaf
- Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies
The ASHA representatives who played an integral part in the development of this new document are Judy Gravel, Jackson Roush, Judy Widen and Brandt Culpepper. In addition, several other ASHA members served as representatives for other organizations on the JCIH, namely, Beth Martin, Michelle King, and Christy Yoshinaga-Itano.
Acoustical Society of America
- ASHA is a member of S3 Bioacoustics and S12 Noise with Laura Wilber as primary voting representative
- ASHA is a member of S3/SC 1 Animal Bioacoustics with Brenda Ryals as primary voting representative
Working Groups (WG)
An expert group of members worked long and hard on a new document, Guidelines for Audiologists Providing Informational & Adjustment Counseling to Families of Infants and Young Children with Hearing Loss Birth to 5 Years of Age. It will soon be ready to go to the BOD for approval. This document will serve both audiologists and speech-language pathologists. Thank you, Allan Diefendorf (Chair), Judy Gravel, David Luterman, Noel Matkin, Amy McConkey, Robbins and Anne Marie Tharpe!
- Audiological Screening working group continues its draft development.
- Telephone Hearing Screening document revision: Expert members identified and will begin working on revisions.
- Audiometric Symbols being reviewed by the Coordinating Committee with the assistance of expert colleagues.
VP Activities
- In January, I interviewed with the editor of Heart and Soul magazine regarding hearing health and usage of MP3 devices.
- In March, 2007 the ASHA Legislative Council (LC) approved a new model for ASHA Governance. This new model included a 16 member Board of Directors and a 53 member Audiology Advisory Council and a 53 member Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Council.
A full description of the new governance model can be found on the ASHA Web site at: New ASHA Governance Model [PDF]. This "voice" for audiology in ASHA's governance is unprecedented.
- In April, attended the meeting of the Council of Academic Programs in Communications Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) met in Palm Springs, California.
- Attended the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) in Denver, Colorado where it was great to see some of our ASHA members as they visited the ASHA exhibit.
- The National Black Association of Speech-Language and Hearing Association (NBASLH) annual convention was held in Charlotte, North Carolina; this meeting is always very stimulating primarily because of the student participation.
- In June and November, met with the Board of Special Interest Division Coordinators extremely productive group. (see Division Highlights)
- ASHA Joint Committee with the Council on Education for the Deaf: the Joint Committee established a 3-year strategic plan at their July fact to face meeting.
- Appointed to the New Governance Transition Committee chaired by Dr. John Bernthal
- Served on ASHA's Strategic Leadership team to develop the next iteration of our strategic plan: ASHA's Strategic Pathway to Excellence.
2007 Highlights from Audiology Professional Practices Unit
- Pam Mason, Director
- Anne Oyler, Associate Director
- Sharon Beamer, Associate Director
- Ricki Cook, Project Manager
- Vic S. Gladstone, Chief Staff Officer for Audiology
Professional Development (audiology unit content coordinators)
- Practical Advice for Pediatric Hearing Aid Fitting
- Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Hearing Loss: Overview for the Practitioner
- ASHA Audiology 2007 (virtual conference)
- Multidisciplinary perspectives on (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder: Evidence and Practice
- Counseling persons with Communication Disorders and Their Families
Sneak Peek at 2008
- ASHA Audiology 2008 Topic: Cochlear Implants
- Presenters are 90% identified and slated for conference
ASHA Audiology Practices Exhibits 2007 (attended or exhibited)
- EHDI Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
- NHCA National Hearing Conservation Association
- MAA Military Audiology Association
- NAFDA National Academy of Future Doctors of Audiology (student organization)
- AAA
- EAA Educational Audiology Association
- AARP
- ARA Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology
- AAS American Auditory Society
- AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
- ASHA
- HLAA Hearing Loss Association of America
Joint Committee Work
- ASHA/CED Face-to-face meeting and in early January 2008 Conference call. Reviewed strategic plan drafted in summer 2007
- Service Provision to Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Birth to 36 Months is in review at CED
- Joint Committee on Infant Hearing JCIH
- 2007 Position Statement published in October and available on ASHA Web site
- Special presentation by committee members at ASHA Convention in Boston
- ASHA/CDC joint project: "Early Hearing Detection & Intervention: Can Your Baby Hear? Podcast available on CDC Web site
- ASHA awarded CDC contract to provide systematic review of literature to support document to reduce the "Lost to Follow-up" in the EHDI process
Access Audiology
Six issues in 2007 including special issue to promote Audiology Convention at ASHA
- Older Adults and Hearing Loss
- Tips and Strategies for Getting Your Stories in the Media
- Large Vestibular Aqueduct Disorders
- Buying and Selling an Audiology Practice
- Convention issue
- Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
Audiology Web Pages
- Practice-Specific resources: updated and revised
- Audiology Calendar of events: that offer ASHA CEUs
- New Web pages
- Audiology FAQs
- Classroom Acoustic Resources
- Hearing Conservation for Children
- Quality Improvement for Audiologists
- Patient Education Materials
2007 Audiology Special Interest Division Highlights
- Division 6, Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics
- Division 7, Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation
- Division 8, Hearing Conservation and Occupational Audiology
- Division 9, Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood
Membership. Membership in the four divisions specific to audiology grew by 105 affiliates from the previous year; of the 30,088 division affiliates, 1,230 belong to the audiology divisions.
Continuing Education. The audiology divisions sponsored the ASHA virtual conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder: Evidence and Practice
The audiology divisions sponsored Convention Short Courses and other sessions at Convention. One audiology division (7) participated in the multi-division-sponsored pre-convention workshop—End of Life Summit.
Voted to publish Special Interest Division Perspectives online only in 2008; it is anticipated that this decision will save over $500,000 in copying and mailing costs.
Initiated and sponsored five DiVISIONing focus groups (i.e., EB, FPB, BDC, and two staff) to review the status of the Division program.
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