Conference Schedule Day 1:  September 18, 2006 Day 2:  September 19, 2006 Day 3:  September 20, 2006   Day 1: September 18, 2006 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome by Matthew Bakke, PhD, Director, RERC-HE 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker:  Arthur Boothroyd, PhD   General Session 1: The relationship between positive outcomes in adult hearing aid use and aural rehabilitation 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Topic Introduction:  Ruth Bentler, PhD 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Arlene Neuman, PhD -- Ecological Approaches to Hearing Aid Fitting 10:30 - 10:40 a.m. Morning Break 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Ken Grant, PhD -- Directional Technologies and Outcomes 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Dragana Barac-Cikoja, PhD -- Self Hearing and Hearing Technology 11:45 - 12:30 p.m. Consumer Panel 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Buffet   General Session 2:  The relationship between positive outcomes in adult cochlear implant use and aural rehabilitation 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Topic Introduction by Andrew Oxenham, PhD 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Mario Svirsky, PhD -- Plasticity and Cochlear Implants 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Qian-Jie Fu, PhD -- Aural Rehabilitation and CI Outcomes 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Afternoon Break   General Session 3:  The role of hearing assistive technologies in aural rehabilitation paradigms 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Topic Introduction by Theresa Chisolm, PhD 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Cynthia Compton-Conley, PhD -- Needs Assessment 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Judy Harkins, PhD -- Web Survey of Consumers on Assistive Listening Devices 4:45 - 5:00 p.m. Summary and Commentary of Day One by Mark Ross, PhD     Day 2: September 19, 2006 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet   General Session 4:  Technological advances in aural rehabilitation applications and innovative methods of service delivery 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Topic Introduction by Robert Sweetow, PhD 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Arthur Boothroyd, PhD -- CASPER 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Harry Levitt, PhD -- Computer Assisted Tracking 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Morning Break 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Emily Tobey, PhD -- Pharmacologically Enhanced Aural Rehabilitation 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Qian-Jie Fu, PhD -- Auditory Training and CI   General Session 5: Psychosocial Considerations in AR Program Implementation 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Topic Introduction by Jill Preminger, PhD 11:45 - 12:15 p.m. Scott Bally, PhD -- Peer Mentoring in AR 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch Buffet 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Consumer Panel 2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Break   General Session 6:  Outcome Measurement in Aural Rehabilitation 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Topic Introduction by Harvey Abrams, PhD 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Forum on Outcome Measurements 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Future Research Directions for Aural Rehabilitation 4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Summary and Commentary of Day Two by Irene Leigh, PhD     Day 3:  September 20, 2006     Dual Sensory Loss and Aural Rehabilitation 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. Introduction: State of the Science on Dual Sensory Loss   Matthew Bakke, PhD and John Brabyn, PhD   General Session 1:  Implications of dual sensory loss on assessment procedures and measures 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD and Lea Hyvärinen, MD 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Morning Break 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. General Session 2:  Impact of dual sensory loss on technology selection and fitting   Gabrielle Saunders, PhD and Patricia Kricos, PhD 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Consumer Panel 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Buffet   General Session 3:  Rehabilitative Interventions: Evidence-based Practice for Individuals with Dual Sensory Loss 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Carren Stika, PhD and B.J. LeJeune, M.Ed. 2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Afternoon Break   General Session 4: Psychosocial adaptations to dual sensory loss 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Mark Brennan, PhD and Scott Bally, PhD 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Wrap up panel:  Future Directions for Research and Training   Panel Moderator, Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD

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