The American Academy of Audiology (AAA) will hold its 2019 Annual Convention at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, on March 27-30. As the world’s largest gathering of audiologists, the annual meeting provides participants the opportunity to attend four days of educational sessions and network with colleagues from around the world.
The convention also provides hearing care professionals with access to exceptional learning opportunities on the exhibition floor from some of the leading hearing-related manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers in the audiology field. For a full schedule of events, visit: https://www.audiology.org/conferences/audiologynow/general-information.
Below is an abbreviated schedule of events, followed by an alphabetical list of exhibitors and booth numbers. For the full schedule and all exhibitors visit the AAA website and consult the convention’s final program.
Program at a Glance
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
8:00 am–5:30 pm: Academy Research Conference: Advances in Amplification ($)
8:00 am–5:30 pm: Symposium: Interpersonal Communication Skills to Catapult Your Career ($)
8:30 am–12:00 pm: Learning Labs ($)
12:00–12:45 pm: First-Time Attendee Orientation
12:30–3:30 pm: Symposium Presented by Cochlear
1:00-4:00 pm: Implementing Audiology’s New Paradigm: Moving
from Condition to Resource, by Curtis Alcock
1:00–4:30 pm: Featured Sessions, Grand Rounds (Pediatrics),
and Learning Modules
5:00–7:30 pm: Celebrate Audiology Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall
6:00–7:00 pm: University Open Houses
7:00–8:30 pm: AAA Foundation Happy Hour Benefit ($)
7:00–9:00 pm: SAA Mix and Mingle
THURSDAY, MARCH 28
8:00–9:45 am: General Assembly
10:00 am–6:00 pm: EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
10:15-11:15 am: Academy Membership Meeting
10:15 –11:15 am: Mini Modules and Learning Modules
11:30 am – 12:45 pm: Research Podiums and Exhibitor Courses
11:30 am –1:00 pm: Product Theater
1:00–3:00 pm: Industry Updates
1:30–2:30 pm: Poster Presentations
3:00-6:00 pm: Collaboration, Communication, and Improv
3:00–5:00 pm: ABA Speed UpDating
3:00–6:15 pm: Featured Sessions, Grand Rounds (Vestibular), and Learning Modules
4:15-6:15 pm: Hearing Aids in Review: 2018, by Robert G. Turner, PhD; Catherine V. Palmer, PhD; H Gustav Mueller, PhD
5:00–6:30 pm: ABA Certificant Mixer
6:00–8:00 pm: Symposia Presented by Phonak and ReSound (separately)
7:00–8:30 pm: Honors and Awards Banquet ($)
8:30–9:30 pm: International Reception
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
7:30 –11:00 am: Featured Sessions, Grand Rounds (Adult HL), and Learning Modules
8:00-11:00 am: Ototoxicity Monitoring: Strategies to Optimize Patient-Centered Care and Clinical Outcomes, by Dawn Konrad-Martin, PhD; Patrick Feeney, PhD; Angela Garinis, AuD, PhD
9:00-11:00 am: Marion Downs Lecture in Pediatric Audiology: Autism Spectrum Disorder: Considerations for Clinical Care, by Jolanta McCall, MA, MSc; Glenn Rall, PhD; Christen Szymanski, PhD
9:00 am–3:00 pm: EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
10:45–1:00 pm: Exhibitor Courses and Research Podiums
11:30 am–1:00 pm: Novel Technologies
1:00–2:30 pm: Student Research Forum
1:00–3:00 pm: Industry Updates
1:30–2:30 pm: Poster Presentations
3:00-5:00 pm: Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Vestibular Issues, by Violette Lavender, AuD; John Greinwald, MD; Gretchen Mueller, DPT
3:00–6:00 pm: Featured Sessions, Grand Rounds and Learning Modules
3:00-6:00 pm: Audiology and Medicare: Where Economic Reality Collides with Hearing Care, by Ian Windmill, PhD; Barry Freeman, PhD; Jason Freeman; James W. Hall III, PhD
4:15-4:45 pm: Research Podiums
7:00-9:00 pm: Friday Night Event:The Taste of Columbus ($)
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
8:00 am-3:30 pm: Third Global Conference on Central Auditory Processing Disorder ($)
8:00-11:00 am: Ethical Practices in Audiology, Melissa Ferrello, AuD; ChristIne Lomey Ulinski, AuD; Alecia Soyk-Manning, AuD; Alison Grimes, AuD
8:00–11:00 am: Collaborative Care: Management of Ear Disorders for Optimal Patient Outcomes
8:00–11:30 am: Featured Sessions, Grand Rounds (Cochlear Implants), and Learning Modules
8:00 am–noon: Fourth Annual Clinical Education Forum
8:00 am–2:00 pm: SAA Conference ($)
9:00-11:15 am: Bridging the Accessibility Gap Through Teleaudiology, by Rachel McArdle, PhD
AAA 2019 Exposition Exhibitors and Booth Numbers
Columbus Convention Center
360care 1738
3SHAPE A/S 1434
5 Keys Communication 325
A.T. Still University 618
AHead Simulations Inc 837
AI CARE LLC 408
Alango Wear & Hear 1719
Allegro Credit: AllWell Financing Program 816
Allied Powers 1315
ALPS INTERNATIONAL 608
American Institute of Balance Foundation 743
American Sp-Lang-Hearing Assn 501
Amplifon Americas 1601
Amplivox 506
AuDBling 1527
AUDIGY GROUP LLC 1501
audiology management group 1435
Audioscan 701
Audit Advantage 507
Auditdata A/S 1307
AudSoft 1335
AUSSCO/ACS 1639
Austar Hearing Science (Xiamen) 1336
Bertec 537
bloom™ hearing specialists 1612
Blueprint Solutions 907
BoonFi 1334
Bose Corporation 1737
CaptionCall 901
CareCredit 806
ChargeItPro 1535
Chicago Advertising and Marketing 1513
clEAR: Customized Hearing Healthcare 1818
ClearCaptions 1343
Comfort Ear 1438
Compulink Healthcare Solutions 319
Consult YHN 807
Contacta Inc 1726
Costco Wholesale 737
CounselEAR 1409
Crystal Practice Management 839
Daewon Pharm Co 1516
Debrox 1431
Difra Instrumentation, SA 1429
Ear Q Group 801
Ear Suspenders 1624
Ear Technology Corp 736
Earlens Corporation 309
earVenture 616
Eckel Noise Control Technologies 818
Educational Audiology Assn 315
ENT & audiology news 327
Entheos Audiology Cooperative 1527
EnvisionTEC 424
ETS-Lindgren 707
Farrar Consulting LLC 1531
FLEX VRA 426
Fuel Medical Group 1239
G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration 1808
Golden Power Corporation (HK) 1534
Grason-Stadler (GSI) 1325
Great Lakes Provider Network 1418
Hamilton CapTel 1413
Hangzhou AcoSound Technol 637
Health Credit Services 509
Hear Billing Solutions 1528
Hearing Charities 1237
Hearing HealthCare News 812
Hearing Healthcare Recruiters 329
Hearing Journal 609
The Hearing Review 1407
HearUSA 1301
hearX Group 412
HIMSA, Inc 1725
HOMELINK 1734
HPSO 1313
Huizhou Jinghao Medical 401
IAC Acoustics 1443
Ida Institute 1006
IMHear 428
INB Medical 414
Infinity Massage Chairs 1524
Insta-Mold Products, Inc 1317
In’Tech Industries, Inc 1235
Intelligent Hearing Systems 1401
Interacoustics US 525
Intl Society of Audiology 1326
Intricon Suite 9, Suite 10
Inventis 1506
JEDMED 1406
Kaiser Permanente 1525
LANTOS Technologies 543, Suite 1
Larson-Davis Inc 607
Lipo-Flavonoid 1806
Lucid Audio 1618
Lucid Hearing 1517
Luxamed GmbH & Co. KG 1427
MAICO Diagnostics 425
McKeon Products Inc 409
Med-El Corporation 1201
medpro 406
MedRx, Inc. 1101
MG Development 936
Microsonic, Inc. 1324
Miracell Inc. 814
My Butterfly Pillow™ 739
NationsHearing 1627
New Orleans CVB 1724
NIDCD 431
NIOSH 430
Nuheara Ltd 1731
Nupur Technologies 1607
NZG Expo Services 1608
Oaktree Products, Inc 1417
Officite 416
The Ohio State Univ Wexner Medical Ctr 1616
Openness Technology LLC 515
Otay consulting 1439
Oticon Medical 1107
Oticon Pediatrics 1007
Oticon, Inc. 1012
Otodynamics Ltd 717
Otoharmonics Corporation 1707
Otometrics/Natus Medical 613, Suite 3
OtoSim Inc 1606
Otto Trading 606, 1514
Persona Medical 601
Plastics One 407
Plural Publishing 1412
pro3dure medical LLC 836
Pura Vida 539
QTC Medical Services, a Leidos Co 1515
Quadrant Biosciences, Inc 313
Rayovac 813
Review Wave 1609
Rexton 925
ROC Advertising 636
Rose Micro Solutions 513
Salus Univ Osborne College of Audiology 418
Serene Innovations, Inc 1425
SHOEBOX Inc 1706
Signia 725
smart optics Sensortechnik GmbH 836
Sonic 1213
Sonitum Inc. 1715
Spectrum Audiology 1717
Sprint CapTel 1306
Sycle 1001
Thieme Medical Publishers 706
TIMS for Audiology 1207
TransAct 1518
UCLA Health, HR Recruitment Staffing 1512
The University of Texas Medical Branch 708
VARTA Microbattery Inc 630
Vivosonic Inc 1507
Vorotek USA|Black & Black ENT/Aud 1625
Warner Tech-Care Products/Hal Hen Co 713
Wells Fargo Health Advantage 1337
Westone Laboratories, Inc 643, Suite 2
Widex USA, Inc 1025, Suite 6, Suite 7
Wilson Group Strategic Solutions 1339
WTU Systems 317
Xiamen NewSound technology Co 1728
Xiamen Retone Hearing Technology Co 612
XIAMEN SOROYA HEARING TECH 530
ZeniPower Battery Co 517
ZPower, LLC 931, Suite 4
