Special Interest Groups Luncheons During CI2024

ACI Alliance will continue our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to provide support and networking opportunities for three groups:

• Students

• Adult Rehabilitation

• Professionals with hearing loss

THURSDAY JULY 11

We invite all students in attendance at the conference to meet during lunch on Thursday July 11th. We will provide lunch and discussion with recent graduates who can provide guidance on next steps and career goals. This will be a great way to meet other students and learn from those who recently walked in your footsteps.

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This group will be led by:

Miriam R. Smetak, M.D., M.S.
Fellow, Otology & Neurotology
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine

Katie Berg, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A
Postdoc Fellow & Cochlear Implant Audiologist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

THURSDAY JULY 11

Aural rehabilitation for adult cochlear implant recipients is not widely available. Join other interested CI team members to explore the reasons why some programs elect to provide AR, while others do not.

This group will be led by:

Blair Richlin M.S, CCC-SLP, LSLS AVEd
Speech-Language Pathologist 
Mass Eye and Ear
brichlin@meei.harvard.edu

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FRIDAY JULY 12

This special interest group is for hearing health care professionals with hearing loss. This will serve as a great networking session and we will have a moderated discussion regarding issues affecting us as professionals with hearing loss.

This group will be led by:

Viral Tejani, AuD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Senior Clinical Research Audiologist, Cochlear Implant Program
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / Case Western Reserve University

Jim Dornhoffer, M.D.
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Mayo Clinic

Chad Ruffin, M.D.
ENT
Hearing Speech & Deaf Center
Seattle, WA

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