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