How Can Clinical Audiologists Apply Contemporary Hearing Loss Prevention Evidence?

Prerecorded presentation available to view on-demand on April 17, 2021

This on-demand program is offered for FREE to all AAA 2021 Virtual Conference registrants and AAA 2021 All-Inclusive Webinar Package subscribers.  Please allow one business day after registering for the AAA 2021 Virtual Conference to receive access to activate your registration.

Presenters: Gregory A. Flamme, PhD; Michael Santucci, AuD; Kristy K. Deiters, AuD

Duration: 1 hour

CEUs: 0.1 AAA/Tier 1

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Program Focus: Knowledge

Learning Outcomes: Upon completion, each participant in the eAudiology Web Seminar will be able to:

1. Recognize the purpose, advantages, and disadvantages of considering age when evaluating audiometric changes in occupational and other clinical audiology practices
2. Identify challenges and opportunities in preventing music-induced disorders
3. Recognize need, and potential, to extend OSHA’s age adjustment tables beyond age 60 to reflect the current workforce  

Description: Clinical audiologists have unique opportunities to prevent nonoccupational and occupational hearing loss.   Such advocacy calls for awareness, and application, of new and unique evidence-based advances. This presentation will be structured to review strategies for preventing music-induced hearing disorders, particularly among musicians and music-industry personnel. In addition, researchers will discuss recent trends in hearing sensitivity as a function of age, background on age adjustments that are included in the OSHA noise regulation, and ongoing efforts to update these age adjustment tables.

Gregory A.  Flamme PhD

Gregory A. Flamme, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist with Stephenson and Stephenson Research and Consulting (SASRAC).  Prior to joining SASRAC, Dr. Flamme held faculty positions at Western Michigan University and The University of Iowa.  He completed his Ph.D. in Audiology at The University of Memphis and conducted post-doctoral studies in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at The University of Iowa.  His research interests include the assessment of hearing status and the identification and mitigation of risk factors for hearing impairment. 

No Financial or non-financial disclosures

Kristy K. Deiters, AuD

Kristy Deiters, AuD, is a clinical audiologist and researcher with a clinical doctorate in Audiology from Western Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and Economics from Alma College.  Her research interests include changes in audiometric configurations over time, reliability of hearing thresholds over time, and most recently, middle ear muscle contractions and age adjustment in hearing conservation programs. 

No financial or non-financial disclosures

Michael Santucci AuD

Michael Santucci, AuD, is president of Sensaphonics, Inc.,  Chicago, IL. , which designs, develops and manufactures  hearing wellness products for the music industry. For 35 years  he has provided Audiological treatment and customized  hearing protection products and strategies to both Chicago  area musicians and many of today’s most prolific music  performers. Michael is the Chair of the Music Induced Hearing  Loss Task Force for the National Hearing Conservation  Association, is Chair of the Technical Committee on Hearing  and Hearing Loss Prevention for the Audio Engineering Society,  consults for the Grammy foundation / Musicares, and is a core  member of the World Health Organization’s Listen Safe  Initiative. 

Financial Disclosure: President of Sensaphonics, Inc. which designs and manufactures hearing protection devices for the music industry.