Saturday - Sunday
Conference Schedule
SATURDAY, JULY 11

Note to registrants:  Some changes in the scheduling of sessions may occur before the convention.  Check www.cisupport.org for updates and for more complete session descriptions before you arrive.

The session number (1-5) refers to the time block, and the letter (2A, 3F etc.) refers to the room assignment.  You will receive a Personal Daily Planner sheet when you arrive, to help you find the rooms. 

10:10 AM - 5:30 PM Exhibits Open

9:00-10:10 AM CART  Keynote Address: We Are the World
Josh Swiller, author of The Unheard:  A Memoir of Deafness and Africa
Hawthorne Exhibit Hall

10:35-11:45 AM   SESSION 1

1A. Work that 2nd Ear CART
Diane Brackett, Ph.D., and Kendra Blok, M.A., New England Center for Hearing Rehabilitation

1B.  Advanced Bionics—Capturing All of Life’s Moments with Harmony CART
Tammy Zambon, AuD and Christie J. Haug, AuD, Advanced Bionics

1C.  Usher Syndrome:  What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Learn?
Margaret Kenna, M.D., Terrell Clark, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital BostonMark Dunning, Parent

1D.  Providing Effective Training for Teachers and Students in the MainstreamAlison Mendez, M.S., New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

1E.  Rehabilitation for Teens and Tweens:  Options and Opportunities
Donna L.Sorkin, M.A., Cochlear Americas

1F.  Update on Minimally Invasive Cochlear Implant Surgery CART
Daniel Lee, M.D., Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1I.  Music for Adults with Cochlear Implants CART
Geoff Plant, OAM, Hearing Rehabilitation Foundation

11:50 AM -1:35 p.m.  LUNCH

1:40-2:50 PM   SESSION 2

2A.  Enjoying More Freedom:  Cochlear Americas Technology CART
Hilary Wynne, AuD, Phil Segel, M.A. and Allison Pezzullo, M.S., Cochlear Americas

2B.  Improving Access to Cochlear Implant Technology and Services CART
Daniel Lee, M.D., Massachusetts Eye and Ear  Infirmary, Massachusetts Senator Jamie Eldridge, and Eileen H. Jones, Founder, The Gift of Hearing Foundation

2C. Improving Sound Processing for Cochlear Implants CART
Ray Goldsworthy, Ph.D., Sensimetrics Corporation

2E.  Considerations for Postsecondary Education for Students with CIs: Ninging, Twittering and Linking for College Success CART                             
Dr. Gerald Buckley, Assistant Vice President for College Advancement, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology

2F.  Cochlear Implant Revision and Re-implantation:  Symptoms, Surgery and Results
J. T. Roland, Jr., M.D. and Susan Waltzman, Ph.D., NYU Cochlear Implant Center

2G.  “He’s Doing Great”:  Using a Classroom Evaluation to Validate Performance for Students with Cochlear Implants
Kendra Blok, M.A., CCC-SLP, New England Center for Hearing Rehabilitation

2H.  Before the Conditioned Response
Elizabeth Ying, M.A., CCC-SLP, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

2I.  Hearing Loss and Hearing Music
Richard Reed, Nucleus Cochlear Implant Recipient and Musician

3:15-4:25 PM   SESSION 3

3A.  Hearing Loss, Denial, and Healthy Relationships CART
John Anderson, M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor

3B.  Top Ten Transition Tips:  Moving from Early Intervention to a Preschool Setting
Marian Hartblay, M.A.T., M.E.D., LSLS cert. AVEd., and Martha deHahn, B.S., Clarke School for the Deaf

3C.  Classroom Acoustics:  Can You Hear Me Now?
Frank Iglehart, Ph.D., CCC-A, Clarke School for the Deaf

3E.  Getting the Most out of Your Advanced Bionics Implant:  CART
(1) Connectivity and (2) The Listening Room
Jill Eckerly, AuD, CCC-A and Katie Peter, AuD, Advanced Bionics

3F. Meet the Surgeons  CART
Cochlear implant surgeons pose questions to each other and answer questions from the audience. 
Greg Licameli, M.D. (Children’s Hospital Boston), J. Thomas Roland, Jr., M.D. (NYU Cochlear Implant Center), Daniel Lee, M.D. (Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary), Theodore Mason, M.D. (Bay State Medical Center), and others.  Moderator:  Jeanne Coburn, M.A., CCC-A, Bay State Medical Center. 

3G.  Approaches to Training for Teenagers and Young Adults with Cochlear Implants
Geoff Plant, OAM, Hearing Rehabilitation Foundation

4:40-5:30 PM  RAP SESSIONS
(or, go and enjoy a swim after a day of good listening!)

4:40-5:30 PM   College Prep Rap
Seminar Room
Parents of college students who use cochlear implants discuss their experiences in helping their sons and daughters to prepare for and navigate college.

4:40-5:30 PM   Grandparents Circle
Brimfield Room

4:40-5:30 PM   Spouses and Significant Others Rap Session
Charlton Room

6:00-6:45 PM  MOCKTAIL RECEPTION for college students and young adults
(and a chance to chat with Josh Swiller!)
VIP Lounge

6:15-6:45 PM   COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Executive Room

6:45-8:45 PM   ADULT BANQUET CART 
Grand Ballroom
SOUNDS HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD
William Shapiro, AuD, Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Supervising Audiologist, New York University Cochlear Implant Center, shares inroads to providing access to hearing technology for developing countries and demonstrates remote cochlear implant programming in Uganda.  An evening guaranteed to move your heart and broaden your horizons!  

SUNDAY, JULY 12

4A. What We Know for Sure (About Cochlear Implanted Kids in the Mainstream)           
Joyce Fitzroy, M.A., CCC-SLP, Linda Findlay, M.E.D., and Kathleen Casale, CAGS, M.Ed., Clarke School for the Deaf

4B.  What Adults with Two Implants Can Teach Us CART
AnneMarie Hennessey, M.A., Michael Skrip, AuD., and Barbara Herrmann, Ph.D., Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

4C.  Cochlear Implant Research Tidbits:  What “They” Have Been Studying
Marilyn Neault, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital Boston

4E.  “They Just Don’t Get It”:  Common Problems with the IEP Process and What You Can Do
John Flanders, Esq.

4F.  Making Memories:  Scrapbooking for Busy Families
Denise Fournier Eng, M.A., CCC-SLP, Children’s Hospital Boston

4G.  “Late” Cochlear Implant at Age 4: 
A Case Study in Spoken Language Acquisition           
Lydia Gregoret, Ph.D.

4H.  MED-EL Technology Update CART
Hilary Gazeley, AuD, MED-EL Corporation

4I.  Auditory Feedback and Speech Production in Cochlear Implant Users and Speakers with Normal Hearing CART
Joseph S. Perkell, Ph.D., D.M.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:25-11:25 AM   SESSION 5

5A.  The Importance of Guidance and Support around Early Decision Making
Dorothy Eisenhaure, M.Ed., and Kathryn Manfield, MSW, LICSW

5B.  We Hear You:  Now You Hear Us CART
A panel of school age cochlear implant users share their experiences. 

5C.  Options for Notetaking
Meredith Berger, .M.S., Clarke School – New York

5E.  Bilateral Cochlear Implants or Preserving Residual Hearing – A Difficult Decision
Ying Yee Kong, Ph.D., CCC-A

5F.  Advanced Bionics:  Innovations in Technology and Service CART
for Seasoned Advanced Bionics Recipients
Kristine Rafter, M.A., CCC-A and Katie Peter, AuD, Advanced Bionics

5G.  Functional Assessment of Hearing for Living and Learning
Kristin Vasil, B.A., New England Center for Hearing Rehabilitation

5H.  Breaking through Background Noise: CART
Practical Management Solutions for Adults
Eva Bero, AuD, CCC-A, UMass Memorial Healthcare

5I.   We’re in College Now! CART
College students who use cochlear implants share their experiences with the application process, getting needed accommodations, and surviving and thriving in college.

12:30-2:00 PM Barbecue Luncheon
Outside – The Grove
Join us for a good old New England family barbecue by the lake as we say so long to old and new friends alike.