AUDIOLOGY

Quick Link: www.Michigan.gov/ehdi

Information regarding Audiology Licensing issues can be found here.

Audiology Links

The 2009-2010 Audiology Committee Chair is Angelique Boerst.  Questions or comments can be directed to her at boerst@med.umich.edu or by contacting the MSHA Office at msha@att.net


MAC Conference 2010!!!

Be sure to save the dates of October 28-30, 2010 for the Fifth Annual MAC on M.A.C. Conference at the East Lansing Mariott.  Planning is under way, as the conference planning committee continues to recruit the very best line-up of presenters.  Watch for registration material in the late summer.

Upcoming Conferences:

The Michigan Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (EHDI) will hold a conference on Friday, February 26th at the Kellogg Center, East Lansing.  This conference is intended for families of young children with hearing loss and professionals who work with deaf/hard of hearing children.  A Pre-Conference Parent Dinner will be held on Thursday, February 25th.  Presenters include Ann Marie Tharpe, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Associate Director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center; Robert L. Baldwin, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist, VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Harold Johnson, Ed.D., Professor of Special Education (deaf and hard of hearing);  and Beth Kennedy, M.Ed., QAlll, Director of DeafBlind Central: Michigan's Training and Resource Project, and an American Sign Language instructor at Central Michigan University. This course is offer for up to .5 ASHA CEUs.  You can register online at www.eandt.mphi.org.

The Hearing Impaired Academy will be held November 4-5, 2010 at the Lexington Lansing Hotel in Lansing.  The theme of this year's conference is Redefine, Reconnect, Renew.  To submit a Call for Papers, please click on the following link: Hearing Impaired Academy Call for Papers For more information please check out the Academy website at www.smpsphi-academy.webnode.com

The Audiology Committee is:

Ken Bouchard
Fran Eldis
Gary Hare
Sandra Latham
Lidia Lee
Mike Macione
Cindy Wilson

Thank you to all who volunteered!

If you would like to join the committee, please contact Angelique Boerst.  The Committee invites any inspired and interested audiologists to join.