2014 Fall Convention
Photos from the 2014 MAA Fall Convention! Thank you to all who donated and participated in the silent auction. The proceeds from the silent auction will be used to fund our Academy activities and lobbyist fund.
We would like to acknowledge the great help at the conference from the Northeastern Au.D. students!! Also, thank you to all the speakers, exhibitors and the participants attending who made this event a success!!
Please check the website and Facebook for announcements and updates on next year's annual convention.
We will be revamping our Board of Directors in the next few months. We need assistance with Conference planning and Legislative activities. If you are interested in helping us with these endeavors, please contact us.
A friendly reminder.. please re-new your membership if your membership has lapsed.
A BIG thank you to Phonak, our 2014 Platinum sponsor!
Thank you to our Gold sponsor!
Thank you to our Silver sponsors!
We are pleased to announce that this year's annual convention will be held on Friday, September 19th, 2014 at the Hampton Inn Executive Conference Center in Natick, MA. Our guest speakers for the day include Dr. Michael Harvey, Ph.D., Dr. Michael Valente, Ph.D., Dr. Bill Dickinson, Au.D. from Phonak and branding expert Dorie Clark. We are very grateful for the sponsorship support from Phonak, as they are our Platinum sponsor for 2014.
MAA Convention Schedule of Events
7:00 – 7:30 Exhibitor and Sponsors Set Up
7:30 - 8:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 9:15 Dorie Clark: How to Become a Recognized Expert in Your Field
9:15 - 9:45 Bill Dickinson, Au.D.: Leading With Why: It’s Time to Change the Conversation
9:45 - 10:15 Break, Silent Auction and Exhibitors
10:15 - 11:45 Michael Harvey, Ph.D.: A Psychological Framework for Providing Audiologic Care
11:45- 12:30 Lunch and Legislative Updates with Gloria Craven
12:30- 1:00 Exhibitors/Silent Auction
1:00 - 2:00 Michael Harvey, Ph.D., Part 2
2:00 - 3:30 Michael Valente, Ph.D.: Counseling Adult Patients on Fitting Options
3:30 - 3:45 Break/Announce Silent Auction Winners
3:45 - 5:15 Michael Valente, Ph.D.: Mistakes Of Real Ear Measures that Clinicians Often Forget
Dr. Michael A. Harvey, Ph.D., ABPP, provides training and consultation on mental health issues dealing with hearing loss, including consultation and training for audiologists regarding motivational interviewing and the psychological aspects of patient care. As a Clinical Psychologist, he has a private practice in Framingham, Massachusetts and was a consultant faculty member at Salus University, where he taught online courses relating to the psychosocial aspects of hearing loss.
He writes a regular column, "What's On Your Mind," in Hearing Loss, the journal for the Hearing Loss Association of America. In addition to his over 45 articles, his books include Listen with the Heart: Relationships and Hearing Loss, The Odyssey of Hearing Loss: Tales of Triumph, Psychotherapy with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons: A Systemic Model, and a co-edited book entitled Culturally Affirmative Psychotherapy with Deaf Persons.
Download Dr. Harvey's PowerPoint presentation
What Your Patients May Not Tell You
Right Product; Right Message: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
Dr. Michael Valente, Ph.D. is a clinical professor of otolaryngology and the director of adult audiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. His editorial responsibilities include the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, American Journal of Audiology and Ear and Hearing. He is the author of numerous audiology textbooks including Strategies for Selecting and Verifying Hearing Aid Performance, Audiology Answers for Otolaryngologists, and The Audiology Capstone: Research, Presentation and Publication and Adult Audiology Casebook .
Dr. Valente chaired the American Speech and Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology Task Forces to create a national guideline for fitting hearing aids to the adult population. He is currently chairing the AAA Task Force to create a guideline of treatment options for patients with severe unilateral hearing loss.
Counseling Patients on Fitting Options
Mistakes in REM that Clinicans Often Make
Dr. Bill Dickinson is the Vice President of Audiology at Phonak. He joined Phonak in 2013 after nearly a decade serving as Assistant Professor of Audiology at Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Dr. Dickinson has been clinically active in the Audiology community for more than 20 years, as well as committed to clinical and academic teaching. He dedicated a great deal of time conducting speaking engagements to educate local communities about hearing health, as well as serving as a speaker at state, national and international audiological meetings and conventions.
Dr. Dickinson received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Audiology from Michigan State University, and his Doctorate in Audiology from Central Michigan University.
Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press and Fortune, she is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future. Clark, a former presidential campaign spokeswoman, is an adjunct professor of business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She has taught marketing and communications at Tufts University, Suffolk University, Emerson College, HEC-Paris, Babson College, the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business, and Smith College Executive Education. She has been named to the Huffington Post’s “100 Must Follow on Twitter” list for 2013 and 2014, and to the #Nifty50 list of top women on Twitter.
The MA Academy of Audiology is pleased to welcome Dorie's insights and expertise on branding and marketing again at our 2014 convention.
Dorie Clark - How to Become a Recognized Expert in Your Field