The 69th Annual International Hearing Society Convention will be held—in person!—on August 12-14 at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego. This year’s convention offers up to 9.5 CEUs, deep dives into the hottest topics in hearing healthcare, and networking with peers, subject-matter experts, and industry leaders.
The resolution, H.Res. 147, highlights the critical role hearing ability plays in personal health, relationships, professional success, education, and safety. The resolution also discusses the important role of professional intervention and evaluation through licensed hearing care providers—hearing aid specialists, audiologists, and otolaryngologists, who can recommend and assist with rehabilitation options, which may include medical intervention or the use of assistive hearing technologies like hearing aids.
Although HR 3471—the centerpiece of the International Hearing Society's 'Fit to Serve' campaign—has passed in the US House of Representatives, revisions have been made to limit the role of hearing aid dispensers in the VA to that of the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids only, according to the major audiology professional organizations.
More than ever before, the fields of audiology and hearing aid specialists need each other. A joint convention of IHS and ADA members—politically unthinkable just 10 years ago—might just be one of the revolutionary moves our industry needs.
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Julia Beall-McKelvey donated $15,000 to the International Hearing Society’s (IHS) advocacy fund in support of the Fit to Serve campaign which is designed to widen veterans’ access to hearing healthcare services via licensed hearing aid specialists.
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The 2014 International Hearing Society (IHS) Meeting offered over 50 exhibits of the latest products and services, nearly 20 seminars and educational sessions, preconvention workshops on ear impressions, tympanometry, and tinnitus therapy, as well as keynote presentations about leadership and entrepreneurialism. It also offered an Industry Leadership Panel that provided perspectives from many of the largest hearing aid manufacturers and distributors both in the United States and abroad.
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A bill to advance the goal of Fit to Serve, an International Hearing Society campaign to give hearing aid specialists a greater role in caring for veterans with hearing problems, was debated during a March 27 hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health.
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