International Meeting Invited and Submitted Presentations

¥  ÒCompression Strategies and Multichannel Instruments.Ó  Keynote Lecture, British Society of Audiology,  Edinburgh, Scotland, September 9, 2004.

¥  ÒSimplistic Evaluation Flow Chart (For Measurement of Digital Hearing Aids).Ó  With Christopher Schweitzer, Michael Valente, and Kris Frye, International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 2003.

¥  ÒGeriatric Population and Hearing Aids.Ó South African Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Sun City, South Africa, October 27, 2003.

¥  ÒHearing Aids: Terminology.Ó South African Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Sun City, South Africa, October 28, 2003.

¥  ÒUses, Analysis, and Performance of Hearing Aids.Ó South African Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Sun City, South Africa, October 28, 2003.

¥  ÒHearing Aid Validation.Ó South African Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Sun City, South Africa, October 29, 2003.

¥  ÒQuestions Hearing Aid UserÕs Ask.Ó South African Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Sun City, South Africa, October 29, 2003.  

¥  ÒDigital Hearing Aids: WhatÕs Out There and What are the Real Differences.Ó  Hearing Aids 2002,  The first Saskatchewan Health conference for Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Practitioners, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 23, 2002. .Ó

¥  ÒThe Most Significant Issue in fitting Hearing Aids: Signal to Noise Ratio.Ó Hearing Aids 2002, The first Saskatchewan Health conference for Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Practitioners, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 23, 2002.

¥  ÒEvaluating Your Digital Fittings.Ó Hearing Aids 2002, The first Saskatchewan Health conference for Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Practitioners, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 23, 2002.

¥  ÒPractical Solutions for Troubleshooting Problems When Fitting Hearing Aids.Ó  Hearing Aids 2002, The first Saskatchewan Health conference for Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Practitioners, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 23, 2002.

¥  ÒResults of HINT, Loudness, and APHAB: A Disposable ITC Hearing Aid and its Application to Precipitous High-Frequency Hearing Losses.Ó  International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology, Cardiff, Wales, May 28, 2001.

¥  ÒDigital Hearing Aids: An Introduction,Ó Philips International Hearing Instruments (Pty) Ltd., Rob Roy Conference and Hospitality Centre, Durban, South Africa, April 24, 1998.

¥  ÒDigital Hearing Aids and Remote Teleprogramming,Ó Philips International Hearing Instruments (Pty) Ltd., Volkswagen Marketing Conference Center, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 23, 1998.

¥  ÒThe Audiologist in America,Ó Presentation to a delegation from Japan, Los Angeles, CA, April 7, 1998.

¥  ÒDigital Signal Processing in Hearing Aids,Ó Philips International Hearing Instruments (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town Conference Center, Cape Town, South Africa, April 21, 1998.

¥  ÒBasic Masking: An Explanation and Procedure,Ó 9th Western Canadian Symposium, Jasper, Alberta Canada, March 28, 1998.

¥  ÒProgrammable and Digital Hearing Aids,Ó 9th Western Canadian Symposium, Jasper, Alberta Canada, March 27, 1998.

¥  ÒDigital Hearing Aid Seminar,Ó Philips Hearing Instruments, Canada, Toronto, Mississauga, and Hamilton, Ontario Canada, February 3, 4, and 5, 1998.

¥  ÒDigital Signal Processing Seminars,Ó Philips Hearing Instruments, Canada.  Vancouver, BC; Kelowna, BC; Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, January 12, 13, 14, 15, 1998.

¥  ÒHearing Instrument Specifications Ð What They Mean and How to Read Them,Ó H.A.A.S. Audiology Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒTranscranial Hearing Aid Fittings,Ó H.A.A.S. Audiology Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒCIC/ITE Ð Problems and Solutions,Ó H.A.A.S. Audiology Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒFM Systems Ð Latest Developments,Ó H.A.A.S. Audiology Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒProgrammable and Digital Hearing Instruments,Ó H.A.A.S. Audiology Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒAdding Value to Your Practice,Ó H.A.A.S. Audiology Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒAn Introduction to the M11M Remote Teleprogramming CIC Hearing Instrument,Ó Philips International Hearing Instruments, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒAn Introduction to Digital Hearing Instruments,Ó Philips International Hearing Instruments, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1997.

¥  ÒSignal-to-Noise Issues Related to Hearing Aid Fitting,Ó International Hearing Society 1997 Convention, Las Vegas, NV, September, 1997.

¥  ÒCIC Problem Solving,Ó  Philips Educational Seminar, Auckland, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; and Christchurch, New Zealand, October 7, 8, 9, 1996.

¥  ÒIntroduction of the MIIM Programmable CIC With Remote Control,Ó Philips Educational Seminar, Auckland, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; and Christchurch, New Zealand, October 7, 8, 9, 1996.

¥  ÒConsumer Psychology and Risk Reduction,Ó  7th Western Canadian Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May, 1996.

¥  ÒHearing in the Elderly With Implications for Hearing Aid Use, 7th Western Canadian Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May, 1996.

¥  ÒDeep Canal Hearing Aids: CIC and Peritympanic.  Concepts, Issues, and Future.  Full-day seminar and concluding panel discussion, with Mueller, G., Chasin, M., and Seewald, R. 21st Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, May, 1996.

¥  ÒHearing Aid Update: Programmable vs. Standard Hearing Aids,Ó Third Annual Rocky Mountain Otology Conference, Denver and Vail CO, August, 1995.

¥  ÒBony Seal Tip For CIC Hearing Instruments,Ó  Special Seminar, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April, 1995.

¥  ÒDeep Canal Hearing Aids, Peritympanic and CIC Approaches.  Promises, Promises...  What You Need to Know About the Theory and the Reality Ð Some Continuing Issues,Ó 1995 Western Canadian Symposium, Victoria, British Columbia Canada, April, 1995.

¥  ÒRemote Telephone Programming (RTP): A New Concept to Fit Hearing Aids,Ó 30th Annual Colorado Otology-Audiology Conference, Breckenridge, CO, March, 1996.

¥  ÒPeritympanic, Deep, and Completely in the Canal Hearing Aids,Ó Speech, Language and Hearing Association of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October, 1994.

¥  ÒMarketing for Hearing Aid Dispensing,Ó  Special Session During the Meeting of the XXIV Pan American Congress of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, November, 1994.

 ¥  ÒDiagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids,Ó XXIV Pan American Congress of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, November, 1994.

¥  ÒCurrent Concepts in Hearing Aid Technology,Ó XXIV Pan American Congress of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, November, 1994.

¥  ÒPeritympanic, Deep, and Completely-in-the-Canal Hearing Aids,Ó  Speech, Language and Hearing Association of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October, 1994.

¥  ÒThe Ear Canal and Its Role in Hearing Aid Fitting,Ó  (2 sessions), International Hearing Society, 43rd Annual Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, August/September, 1994.

¥  ÒRŽsultats Cliniques Comparatifs Entre Des Applications PŽritympaniques et Profondes ou C.I.C., Programme des JournŽes Nationales des AudioprothŽsistes Francais, Paris, France, May, 1994.

¥  ÒInternational Marketing,Ó National Sales Managers, Paris, France, May, 1994.

¥  ÒHearing Instrument Marketing Seminar,Ó International Meeting of Philips Hearing Instruments Distributors, October, 1993, Nuremberg, Germany.

¥  ÒNew Developments in the XP Peritympanic Hearing Instrument,Ó German Meeting of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Manufacturers, October, 1993, Nuremberg, Germany.

¥  ÒThe XP Peritympanic Hearing Instrument,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, October, 1993.

¥  ÒFitting and Introduction to the XP Peritympanic Hearing Instrument,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Norway, Oslo, Norway, October, 1993.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Instruments,Ó University of Cape Town at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Instruments,Ó University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒGeriatric Audiology,Ó University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒContemporary Hearing Aid Evaluation Practices,Ó University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒHearing Aid Troubleshooting,Ó University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, August,  1993.

¥  ÒMasking Made Simple,Ó South Africa Society of Hearing Aid Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒHearing in the Elderly, With Implications for Hearing Aid Use,Ó South Africa Society of Hearing Aid           Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒThe Status of Hearing Aid Assessment,Ó South Africa Society of Hearing Aid Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒThe Ear Canal and its Role in Fitting Hearing Aids,Ó South Africa Society of Hearing Aid Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 1993.

¥  ÒA New Hearing Technology: Peritympanic ITC Hearing Instruments,Ó International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology, Cairo, Egypt, February, 1993

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Aids,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Eastern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, November, 1992.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Aids,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Western Denmark, Kolding, Denmark, November, 1992.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Aids,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Norway and Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, November, 1992.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Aids,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Eastern Denmark, sponsored by Philips, The Netherlands, Copenhagen, Denmark, November, 1992.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Aids,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Western Denmark, Sponsored by Philips, The Netherlands, Kolding, Denmark, November, 1992.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Aids,Ó Leading Hospital and Clinical Programs in Norway and Sweden, sponsored by Philips, The Netherlands, Stockholm, Sweden, November, 1992.

¥  ÒNoise and Hearing Aid Performance: WhatÕs Really Going on?Ó and ÒMy Aided AI Covers My Loss, So Why is My Discrimination Problem Showing?Ó with Teder, Preves, Killion, Mueller, and Cole.  W. Staab, Moderator, International Hearing Society, Dallas, TX, September, 1992.

¥  ÒFitting Hearing Instruments in the USA,Ó South Africa Hearing Aid Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, September, 1992.

¥  ÒPeritympanic Hearing Aid Fittings: The Wave of the Future?Ó South Africa Hearing Aid Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, September, 1992.

¥  ÒTranscranial Hearing Aid Fittings,Ó South Africa Hearing Aid Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, September, 1992.

¥  ÒThe Articulation Index: In-Office Method of Determining Hearing Aid Effectiveness,Ó South Africa Hearing Aid Acousticians, Johannesburg, South Africa, September, 1992.

¥  ÒThe Current Status of Hearing Aids,Ó University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, September, 1992.

¥  ÒInterpersonal Characteristics of the Hearing Aid Wearer,Ó The Association of Hearing Instrument Practitioners of Ontario Symposium Ô90, Niagara Falls, Ontario, April, 1990.

¥  ÒHearing in the Elderly,Ó Unitron Hearing Technology Seminar, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, January, 1990.

¥  ÒHearing in the Elderly and Hearing Aids,Ó Unitron Hearing Technology Seminar, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, November, 1989.

¥  ÒA Comparison of Programmable and Digital Approaches to Hearing Aid Development,Ó (Invited keynote speaker), Second Meeting of the International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology, Florida State University Wakulla Springs Lodge and Conference Center, Tallahassee, Florida, March, 1989

¥  ÒThe Programmable Hearing Aid: Its Advantages and Disadvantages,Ó 18th Annual International Hearing Aid Seminar, Co-Sponsored by Ear International, San Diego, CA, February, 1989.

¥  ÒHearing Aid Technology,Ó The Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists 1988 Convention, Toronto, Ontario, October, 1988.

¥  ÒDigital Hearing Aids and Other New Technical Developments,Ó International Hearing Aid Seminar, San Diego, CA, February, 1987.

¥  ÒRealistic Marketing Strategies for the Hearing Aid Specialist,Ó 15th Annual International Hearing Aid Seminar, San Diego, California, February, 1985. 

¥  ÒA Wearable Digital Hearing Aid,Ó 17th International Congress of Audiology, Santa Barbara, California, August, 1984.

¥  ÒDigital, Portable TDD,Ó Alexander Graham Bell Association International Convention, Portland, Oregon, June, 1984.

¥  ÒHow to Apply Technological Advances in Hearing Aids to the Hearing Impaired Patient,Ó 13th Annual International Hearing Aid Seminar, San Diego, California, April, 1983.

¥  ÒEarmolds - From Start to Finish,Ó Convention of the Ontario Speech and Hearing Association, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, September, 1981.

¥  ÒRecent Advances in Hearing Aids and Tinnitus Maskers,Ó Second Annual Hearing Aid Seminar of McGill University School of Human Communication Disorders, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April, 1980.

¥  ÒRecent Advances in All-In-The-Ear Fitting of Hearing Aids,Ó International Hearing Aid Seminar, San Diego, California, March, 1980.

¥  ÒEfficiency of In-The-Ear Instruments,Ó Eighth International Hearing Aid Seminar, San Diego, California, March, 1978.

¥  ÒHow to Fit Hearing Aids,Ó University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, February, 1976.

¥  ÒHearing Aid Fitting,Ó National Audiology Center, Auckland, New Zealand, January, 1976.

¥  ÒHearing Aid Trends,Ó National Acoustics Laboratory, Sydney, Australia, January, 1976.

¥  ÒSpeech Testing for Hearing Aid Fitting,Ó Ordre des Audioprothesistes du Quebec, Ste-Adele, Quebec, November, 1975.

¥  ÒMasking in Audiometry,Ó Ordre des Audioprothesistes du Quebec, Ste-Adele, Quebec, November, 1975.

¥  ÒPsycho-Acoustical Considerations in Hearing Aid Fittings,Ó International Hearing Aid Seminar, San Diego, California, March, 1974.