United States Department of Veterans Affairs
NCRAR

2011 NCRAR Conference

The 5th International NCRAR Conference:

Expanding our Horizons: Medical Conditions and Audiology

and pre-conference workshop

Person-Centered Auditory Rehabilitation Practices

was held in Portland, Oregon on October 12-14, 2011.

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Pre-Conference Workshop Program
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Sponsors

Thank you to our generous sponsors for supporting this year's conference!

                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Conference: (Thursday, October 13 - Friday, October 14):

Early registration for the conference is $100 for VA Employees and $130 for non-VA Employees, through September 1, 2011. Late registration after September 1, 2011 is $160 for all registrants. This charge is to supplement the costs of the opening reception, refreshments and dinner.

Keynote address by Karen Cruickshanks, Ph.D.: Epidemiology of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus  

Conference Presentations:
• Hormones and Hearing 
• The Evolving Management of Hereditary Hearing Loss
• Auditory Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis
• Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease: Mechanisms and Management
• Hearing Loss and Vestibular Dysfunction associated with Drug Abuse
• Effects of Strokes on Auditory Processing
• Auditory dysfunction associated with Dementia/Alzheimer Disease
• Auditory Hallucinations and Communication

Presenters: Nina Dronkers, Robert Folmer, Robert Frisina Jr., George Gates, Akira Ishiyama, M. Samantha Lewis, William Rooney, Richard Smith, Dennis Trune, Cynthia Wible

Click here for the Preliminary Conference program.

About the Pre-Conference Workshop (Wednesday, October 12):

Registration for the pre-conference workshop is $50 for VA employees and $75 for non-VA Employees to cover the costs of office supplies, breakfast and lunch. The pre-conference workshop will take place in the Portland VA Medical Center's Auditorium.

Pre-conference topic areas to be addressed include:
 
• Client-clinician relationship
• Counseling skills & responsibilities
• Goal attainment
• Program evaluation

Pre-Conference workshop presenters:  SueAnn Erdman, Jean Pierre Gagné, Mary Beth Jennings, Elizabeth Mauze, David Wark

Click here for the Pre-Conference Workshop program.

Links to further information regarding conference and pre-conference registration, scholarships, posters, hotel, etc. can be found in the yellow box above.

For general questions contact: ncrar@va.gov
For poster, scholarship and program questions contact: Gabrielle.saunders@va.gov