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CI2021 Cochlear Implants in Children and Adults Session Material

* Additional Session Materials will be posted as permission from the author is obtained.

Thursday, April 29, 2021

10:30 AM John Niparko Memorial Lecture: Degeneration and Regeneration of the Inner
Ear Konstantina Stankovic, MD, PhD

11:15 AM Preoperative Patient Considerations and Counseling: Colin Driscoll, MD and Melissa Tribble, AuD

11:15 AM Surgical Techniques and Technologies, Part I: Michael Hoa MD and Aniket Saoji PhD 

11:15 AM Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: Sharon Cushing, MD, MSc and Lisa Park, AuD

1:30 PM Telehealth Part I, Innovations and Developments in Audiology: Allison Biever, AuD and Douglas Sladen, PhD

 
1:30 PM Surgical Techniques and Technologies, Part II: Sarah Mowry, MD and J. Thomas Roland, MD
 
1:30 PM Psychosocial Considerations: Ann Geers, PhD and Kara Leyzac, AuD, PhD
 
2:45 PM Objective Measures in Cochlear Implantation: Craig Buchman, MD and Julie Verhoff, AuD, PhD 
 
2:45 PM Hearing Preservation: Oliver Adunka, MD and Camille Dunn, PhD
 
2:45 PM (Re)Habilitation: Deborah Bervinchak, MA and Nancy Mellon, MS
 
4:00 PM Poster Highlights 1
  • Retrospective Analysis of Device Use Deborrah Johnston, MA, AuD
  • Factors Influencing the Developmental Trajectory of Speech Recognition in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients Meisam Arjmandi, PhD, MSc, BSc
  • Attention to Visual Speech and its Relationship with Novel Word Learning Among Children with Cochlear Implants and Children with Normal Hearing Listening to Cochlear Implant- simulated Speech Kristen Thornton, PhD
  • Enhancing Hearing in Unilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients With Wireless Contralateral
    Routing of Signal Technology Laura Reyes Contreras, MD
  • Interleaving Simulated Cochlear Implant Frequency Channels Across Ears Impacts Spatial Hearing and Spectral Resolution Bailey Oliver, BS
  • Sound Localization Ability in Bilateral and Single-sided Deafness Cochlear Implant Users
    Depending on Specific Microphone Characteristics of the Sound Processor Thomas Wesarg, Dr. Ing 
 
4:00 PM Poster Highlights 2
  • The Development of a Patient-specific Cochlear Implant Pitch Mapping Function Luke Helpard, B.E.Sc.
  • Optimizing Auditory Brainstem Implant Outcomes Using a Team Approach Meghann Greear, AuD
  • Simultaneous Vestibular Schwannoma Resection and CI: The Role of E-ABR Christoph Arnoldner, MD
  • Pain at the Cochlear Implant Site Requiring Device Explantation in Pediatric Patients Eliot Shearer, MD, PhD
  • The Influence of Cochlear Volume in Temporal Changes of Impedance Among Cochlear
    Implant Patients Henrique Pauna, MD, PhD
  • Access Resistance and Polarization Impedance in Cochlear Implant Patients with Fluctuating Impedances Madison Graham, AuD
  • Electrode Impedance, Programming and Speech Recognition in a Clinical Dataset of Adult Cochlear Implant Patients Benjamin Caswell-Midwinter, PhD
  • Cochlear Implant Uptake Rates: The Influence of Hearing Loss Configuration Catherine Sucher, BSc, DipAud, MAud, AuD
  • Preimplant Hearing Threshold: An Important Predictor of Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation With Lateral Wall Electrodes Jin Woong Choi, MD
 
4:00 PM Poster Highlights 3
  • Parenting in a Pandemic: Associations Between Parenting Strategies and Stress Jennifer Coto, PhD
  • Pediatric Partners: AuD and SLP Collaboration Shannon Van Hyfte, AuD
  • Effectiveness of Teletherapy for Improving Phonological Awareness Skills in Preschool
    Children with Hearing Loss Danielle Marshall, SLP
  • Teledelivery of Aural Rehabilitation Therapy for Adult Cochlear Implant Users Diane Brewer, MA
  • How Self-reported and Significant Other-reported Coping Strategies Relate to Speech
    Outcomes Following Cochlear Implantation Mana Espahbodi, MD
  • Social Determinants of Cochlear Implant Compliance in Pediatric Cochlear Implant
    Recipients Sarah Warren, AuD, PhD
  • Predicting Emotion Perception Abilities for Cochlear Implant Users Sebastien Paquette, PhD
  • Identification of Facial Expressions by Adolescents With and Without Cochlear Implants Delaney Evans, PhD
  • Relative Fixed Speech to Noise Ratio: Down to a T? Maria Giraudo, MA
 
Friday April 30, 2021
 
9:45 AM  ACI Alliance Organizational Update on Advocacy and Sponsored Research Activities
 
10:30 AM Keynote: Improving CI Access with a Spanish Test Battery
 Speaker: Alejandro Rivas, MD
 
11:15 AM Economics, Public Policy, Practice Management; Moderators: Sue Archbold, PhD, Hon LLD and Donna Sorkin, MA 
 
11:15 AM Panel on Social Justice and Hearing Health Care, Addressing Equity in Cochlear
Implantation; Moderator: Matthew Bush, MD, PhD
  • Panelists: Jacob Hunter, MD; Susan Emmett MD, MPH; Carrie Nieman, MD, MPH; Sheree Sims, BA
 
11:15 AM Telehealth Part 2, What We’ve Experienced in Education and Surgery; Moderators: K. Todd Houston, PhD, LSLS Cert. AVT and Erika Woodson, MD 
  • Telemedicine in Neurotology Erika Woodson, MD
  • The Virtual Nursery: Staying Connected During COVID-19 Kayley Mayer, MAT, TOD
  • Test-retest Reliability of Language Measures Administered Via Tele-assessment for Children with Hearing Loss Krystal Werfel, PhD
  • Case Presentations of Aural Rehabilitation Via Teletherapy for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families Sneha Bharadwaj, PhD
  • Opinions on Telehealth: The Perspective of Hearing-impaired Adults During COVID-19 Catherine Sucher, BSc, DipAud, MAud, AuD
  • The Future of Telepractice Service Delivery to Children & Adults with Hearing Loss K. Todd Houston, PhD, LSLS Cert. AVT
     
1:30 PM Cochlear Implant Outcomes; Moderators: Sandra Prentiss, PhD and Angel Ramos Macías, PhD, MD
 
1:30 PM Point-Counterpoint Debate Session: Controversies in Cochlear Implantation; Moderators: Rene Gifford, PhD and Marlan Hansen, MD
  • MD Panelists: Matthew Carlson, MD; John Dornhoffer, MD; Ana Kim, MD; Brendan O'Connell MD; William Shapiro, AuD
1:30 PM (Re)Habilitation Connect Forum Segment I; Moderator: Amy McConkey Robbins, MS, LSLS Cert. AVT
  • The Complexities of Family-centered Intervention: The Essential Need for Trauma- informed Practice Carrie Neff, MS, LPC-S, IMH-E Darcy Stowe, MS, LSLS Cert AVT
 
2:45 PM Asymmetrical Hearing Loss and Single-sided Deafness; Moderators: Casey Stach, AuD and Daniel Zeitler, MD 
2:45 PM Music Appreciation; Moderators: Charles Limb, MD and Andrea Warner-Czyz, PhD
  • "To Understand Lyrics": Beyond Speech in Noise Virginia Driscoll, PhD 
  • Composing Music for Cochlear Implant Users Georgios Papadelis, PhD
  • Music-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Cochlear Implants: Relationship among
    Demographic Factors, Musicianship, and Audiological Factors Stephanie Fowler, AuD
  • Group Differences among CI Users in Objective and Subjective Measures of Music Stephanie Fowler, AuD
  • Music Listening Habits and Perception in Cochlear Implant Users Ramon Bustos, BS
  • Development of a 360-degree Tool for Longitudinal Assessment of Music-related
    Experience After Cochlear Implantation: A Feasibility Study Tiffany Hwa, MD
 
2:45 PM (Re)Habilitation Connect Forum Segment II; Moderator: Amy Birath, AuD, LSLS Cert. AVEd
  • Maximizing Reading Potential: The Roles of Segmental and Suprasegmental Speech Lisa Davidson, PhD
  • Perception for Successful Literacy Outcomes for Children Who Have Cochlear Implants Heather Grantham, PhD 
 
4:00 PM Cochlear Implant Outcomes, Part II; Moderators: Ivette Cejas, PhD and Teddy McRackan, MD
4:00 PM Electrical Stimulation of the Cochlea; Moderators: Julie Arenberg, PhD and Kevin Brown, MD
Saturday, May 1, 2021
 
10:00 AM Plenary Panel: Cochlear Implant Futures: How the Past Shapes the Future and
What to Do About It; Moderator: Howard Francis, MD, MBA
  • Panelists: Teresa Caraway, PhD, LSLS Cert. AVT; Cliff Megerian, MD; Debara Tucci, MD,
    MBA; Peter Thomas, JD; Jason Wigand, AuD
11:15 AM  Climbing the Ladder to Success: Audiology Professional Development; Moderator: Meredith Holcomb, AuD
  • Panelists: Gabrielle Cager, AuD; Rene Gifford, PhD; William Shapiro, AuD; Alejandra
    Ullauri, AuD; Terry Zolwan, PhD
 
11:15 AM Other Implantable Devices; Moderators: Jan Larky, AuD and Lawrence Lustig, MD 
 
11:15 AM Listening Effort and Cognition; Moderators: Maura Cosetti, MD and Aaron Moberly, MD 
 
The mission of the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance is to advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.