8th Annual Coalition for Global Hearing Health
12-14 October 2017 • University of Miami (Coral Gables Campus) • Miami, USA

12-14 October 2017
University of Miami,
(Coral Gables Campus)
Miami, Florida, USA

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10/12/2017 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | East Ballroom at Shalala Student Services Building

Pre-Conference Session
A Practical Guide to Humanitarian Missions for Improving Hearing Health

The workshop presenters have organized dozens of humanitarian outreach trips and non-profit programs in Central America, Africa, and Asia. Based on that experience the workshop will explore how humanitarian outreach has changed in recent years and some ethical issues inherit in doing this type of work. The practical issues related to humanitarian trips in audiology and otolaryngology will be explored including selecting a location for the work, recruiting team members, team and local site preparation, equipment needs, establishing follow up, and sustainability issues. Specific issues and methods of educating both the team members and local providers will be presented and discussed. Teaching methods employed in this pre-conference session will include lectures, presentations by a panel of experts (followed by a Q & A session) and conclude with suggestions for best practices for humanitarian trips focusing on hearing health care.

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James Saunders (POC,Primary Presenter), Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, james.saunders@hitchcock.org;
Dr. James E. Saunders is a Professor of Otology / Neurotology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He completed an M.D. at University of Oklahoma, Residency Training and a Research Fellowship in Otolaryngology at Duke University Medical Center, and a Research and Clinical Fellowship at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Saunders has many projects related to the etiology, prevention and treatment of hearing loss in the developing world including collaborations with the WHO and the Global Burden of Disease Project. He is past Coordinator for International Affairs and Chairman of the Humanitarian Efforts Committee for the AAO-HNSF. In 1999, he co-founded Mayflower Medical Outreach, an organization that supports and trains otolaryngologists and audiologists in Nicaragua. He currently serves as the co-chair for the Coalition for Global Hearing Health, an international multidisciplinary organization devoted to education and advocacy for hearing health services in low resource areas.

ASHA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

AAA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

Debra Fried (Co-Presenter), Mayflower Medical Outreach, DebraFriedMMO@aol.com;
Debra is a clinical audiologist and Coordinator of Audiology for the ambulatory care clinics at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She provides diagnostic audiological, hearing aid and cochlear implant services. She manages the newborn hearing screening program for the hospital which has over 6,000 annual births. Debra volunteers her time as Director of Audiology for Mayflower Medical Outreach, a U.S. based non-governmental organization providing hearing care services in Nicaragua. She works collaboratively to develop hearing health care programs while in Nicaragua as well as remotely. She is also a member of the International Humanitarian Hearing Aid Purchasing Program HHAPP. Debra is the 2019 recipient of the American Academy of Audiology Humanitarian Audiology Award.

ASHA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

AAA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

James Smith (Co-Presenter), Oregon Health and Science University, JamesD.Smith@yahoo.com;
Dr. Smith is a Professor Emeritus from Oregon Health and Science University of Portland, Oregon, USA. He graduated frm the University of Iowa Medical School in 1965 and completed his Otolaryngology residency at the same institution in 1973. He was part of the Otolaryngology facult at OHSU from 1973-1996. He has been a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) full and part time from 1997-2015. He has had extensive teaching experience at several institutions in Africa and Asia with several different organizations. His special interests are in medical education and post graduate training programs. As a pediatric otolaryngologist and being Chairman of ComCare International board which has a solar powered hearing aid, he also has a strong interest in otolaryngology and hearing health in developing countries.

ASHA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

AAA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - Receives support from Board Chair for Com Care International which makes and distributes solar powered hearing aids. I receive no compensation.