AUDINEWS The Newsletter of the International Society of Audiology

Number 60, Volume 10, Issue 1 WWW.ISA-AUDIOLOGY.ORG 2010

ICA 2010 March 28-April 1São Paulo, Brazil

Celebrating New Year’s day with biodegradeable balloons in São Paulo, Brazil

INSIDE THIS ISSUE1 Seasons Greetings!2 A letter from Dr. Russo3 General Secretary Mencher wants you!3 From the editor4 A research minute on supervision by Alicia Hixon5 World Congress in Moscow 2012! 6 Humanitarian Audiology6 ISA Student Forum: ICA Open House7 Hans Verschuure Feted By Erasmus University8-9 WHO convenes meeting on Newborn Hearing Screening 9-11 Upcoming audiology events and scholarship information12 Officers of ISA

Dra. Iêda Chaves Pacheco Russo Chairman of the XXXICA & President of the International Society of Audiology

Seasons Greetings From

President Dr. Iêda Russo and

ISA!

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A letter from President

Iêda Russo

Dear friends This season provides another Christmas opportunity to make contact with you and to share our news from the past year.

The Special Olympics Healthy Athletes has been held in Boise in February 2009 and I was invited to participate for the first time in the Healthy Hearing team. From the beginning, the Brazilian health team has built a bond; a liaison of souls who worked hard in order to evaluate all the athlete’s hearing. This has been such an unforgettable event in my personal and professional life that I decided to share this experience with all of you. Thank you Gil Herer and Cinthia Savioli for this fantastic invitation!

When I returned to Brazil, I had to quickly prepare for yet another international trip. Specifically, I had the opportunity of participating as invited speaker at a wonderful meeting on Geriatric Audiology in Cartagena, well organized by the Colombian Association of Audiology, during Carnival. My dear friends Robert Sweetow, Brian Moore, Richard Gans and Brad Stach were also invited speakers, and along with Angela Lopes President of the Academy, we could enjoy the Colombian hospitality and the Carnival there!

Cordoba held the PASA meeting in October and my husband Ricardo and I could finally travel together. It’s been very good to be with him along with our Argentinean friends, Norma, Nora and Daniel. With this toast from Argentina, I am inviting you to join the ICA EIA 2010 in São Paulo from March 28th-April 1st 2010.

I will finish this 2009 report by: WISHING YOU AND YOURS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPINESS FOR 2010!

Christmas 2009

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A Letter From The General SecretaryGeorge Mencher

Canada

It is that time of year when we need to ask folks to renew membership. We send out a first notice near the middle of October, a second at the beginning of November and so on. It gets very frustrating for us to keep sending these messages (not to mention how time consuming it is), but I am sure that it is just as frustrating to our members to be constantly asked to renew. “I will do it when I have time” or I will do it when I have some extra money” are two of the typical notes I receive. However, folks do not always remember their commitment or something gets in the way. So, I begin this note by apologizing to those of you that have been bugged by our persistence. On the other hand, if we don’t keep asking, you may forget and we will lose a member. It is a real quandary for all of us. The easiest way to resolve the problem is for you to go to the ISA website and renew your membership when you receive your first notice. We will process your materials within a few days, you will continue to be a member and receive the IJA and other goodies from ISA, and we won’t have to bother you. Further, the two year renewal option saves you money and time and it also saves us time so we don’t have to contact you each year.

Our membership has grown exponentially over the last 5 years. We are growing every month as new members join – far outnumbering those whose membership is not renewed. We are pursuing an active relationship with our affiliated societies which we hope will encourage even greater international interaction and increased membership for us. The IJA is steadily increasing in its citation value. We have our XXXth International Congress of Audiology coming in March, 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil. We try harder and harder to bring value to our members for their dues, and the irony of that is, that our dues rate at $65 per year ($110 for two years for members of affiliated societies) is one terrific bargain. We should not even have to worry about additional value and benefits. But we do. Your Executive Committee is constantly striving to make your association more meaningful and more beneficial to you. You can help us out by renewing early (and often!) and by dropping us a line from time to time telling us what we can do to make ISA even better…

Update on some important things…The IJA has signed a renewal contract with Informa Publishing Company so that the journal will continue to be published by that group for the next few years. Secondly, ISA is actively working with the WHO on a universal newborn screening protocol to be primarily used in developing nations. Third, we are currently in negotiations with two national societies asking to join ISA as affiliates. There will be more on that topic when we can make it public. Also, we really do need your input for Audinews publications about what is going on in your country or your clinic. Please think about writing something and sharing it with your colleagues in the International Society of Audiology.

From The Editor: ISA membership worldwideMark Krumm, USA

Probably one of the greatest benefits of the International Society of Audiology (ISA) is that we are able to correspond with people literally across the world. I think the capacity of ISA to provide a medium for shared experiences of our members (and to keep us up to date) is fabulous and helps us to expand our world view. ISA is well represented by

members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. We even have members in the Middle East, Africa, China, Southeast Asia and in a few Pacific rim countries. It is true that in some countries our membership is limited to one or two colleagues who might enjoy hearing from other members of ISA. Perhaps send an email to a colleague who lives on the other side of the planet. To access ISA membership online (and member email “hot” links), use the following website address: http://www.isa-audiology.org/members/member_search.asp

Enjoy! Mark Krumm, Audinews editor (mkrumm@kent.edu) 3

A Research MinuteSupervision of Students and New Clinicians

byAlicia Hixon

North Ohio Audiology Consortium (NOAC)Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Supervision is an important component of any audiology issue training program. Consequently, audiology students are intensively supervised over the course of months or years and will be exposed to many different supervision styles as they work towards earning their degrees. In addition, once these students become practitioners, they are often mentored by senior audiologists. While most research concerning supervision is written about student training programs, practitioners who supervise new clinicians should also consider using strategies supported by research for effective outcomes. According to Mendel (2006), supervision of students is process oriented and begins with the supervisor informing new students how to do a variety of audiology tasks. As their skills evolve, student clinicians become more independent and increasingly able to evaluate themselves with the aid of mentoring. In the latter stages of student clinical work, the supervisor often is more of a colleague than supervisor. Although the stages of student supervision are predictable, supervisors provide feedback to students in a variety of ways. According to Mendel, some of these methods of sharing feedback are less effective than others. Supervisors can wait until the end of an evaluation, or series of evaluations, and then provide students with written or oral feedback concerning

their skills (Mendel, 2006). Feedback can be provided instantly if students and supervisors are together at the time of a client evaluation. This information can be systematically reviewed over time if records of the evaluation are maintained. A less traditional form of supervision is the learner centered approach in which students evaluate their own skills. Specifically, students determine their own strengths and weaknesses with the help of a clinic supervisor. When weaknesses are found, they are addressed with

a combination of educational and clinical activities as needed. While there are a number of positive features to clinician learner centered supervision, the greatest advantage is that students learn to evaluate their own skills. While, not commonly used in the past, Mendel (2006) suggests that learner-centered supervision, is becoming a more popular model of supervision.

While various supervision methods throughout the world are utilized, and considered by professional organizations to be acceptable ways to provide feedback to students, they can be very different from each other. Increasingly, it appears supervisors are adopting methods which require students to evaluate their own clinical skills. This method appears to enhance student abilities of “self monitoring” that must be achieved by seasoned clinicians. However, the long term effectiveness of this procedure is unknown as there is little research being conducted in the area of supervision. Also, it is possible that best practice of supervision would differ across cultures, age groups and gender. Therefore, further research is necessary in order to identify best practices. Yet, even though complex, identifying the effective strategies for supervision is a worthy endeavor if we believe in providing effective pre-professional mentoring.

ReferencesMendel, Lisa (2006). Constructive and effective feedback in the supervision process. Seminars in Hearing, 27:107–115.

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XXXIst World Congress of Audiology: Moscow, Russia – 2012

At the last International Congress of Audiology (Hong Kong, June, 2006), the General Assembly of the International Society of Audiology voted to change the name of the International Congress of Audiology to the World Congress of Audiology. It was also stated that the numerical sequence should not change, and accordingly, the meeting after Brazil will be the XXXIst World Congress and as previous approved, it will be

held in Moscow. In preparation for that meeting, ISA by-laws require that a site visit be made to the nominated city and formal approval be given by the Secretary General to the Executive Board. It was my distinct pleasure to visit Moscow a few weeks ago to make such a site visit. I was hosted by Congress President George Tavartkiladze and members of his organizing committee (The Russian Audiology Society). I had a chance to visit the Congress hotel, several restaurants in the area and some of the venues to be used for the Russian night and for

the accompanying persons program. The Congress hotel is well located at the convention centre and close to several less expensive hotels available for attendees. The Convention Centre venue is very modern, well equipped and designed for meetings such as ours. Nearby restaurants (I saw Georgian, Ukrainian, Russian and several others) serve excellent food at reasonable prices. The major problem guests will have is in getting to and from one of the three Moscow airports all of which are some distance from downtown. George T tells me that they are working on a process to help guests transition from airport to city easily, but information is not yet available.

I had an image of Moscow from so many years of less than flattering publicity. But the truth is, I found it a lovely city with a wonderful sense of history. I found cultural events and places at every turn ranging from subways to museums to monuments to theatres. I have strongly recommended to the Executive Committee that we finalize Moscow as the venue for the 2012 World Congress of Audiology. I look forward to seeing you there!

--George Mencher

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Humanitarian AudiologyJackie Clark, USA

Springtime will be memorable for long time ISA member, Dr. Briseida Northrup as she will be recognized by both American Speech Language and Hearing Association and American Academy of Audiology. Dr. Northrup who is the current president of the Pan American Society of Audiology, and faculty associate at the University of Texas at Dallas, was recently named as an ASHA Diversity Champion. In addition, she will receive the prestigious AAA 2010 Humanitarian Audiologist Award, in recognition of direct and outstanding service to humanity

related to hearing, hearing disability, or deafness. Dr. Northrup has a long history of volunteering for the ASHA Diversity Committee as well as the Humanitarian Project in Panama. Congratulations, Dr. Northrup!

ISA Student Forum ActivityDavid Mcpherson

Students and their mentors will be invited to an open house at the International Congress of Audiology to be held in Sao Palo, Brazil from March 28th to April 1st 2010 (http://www.ica2010.com.br/#). Students receiving the International Society of Audiology scholarship for the congress will be honored. In addition to the open house, we will have a panel review of all student presentations. There will be research and award certificates for best the presentations (and certificates of merit for all students) who participated in mentored or independent research. For additional information please contact David McPherson at david_mcpherson@byu.edu

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Hans Verschuure Feted By Erasmus University

Dr. Hans Verschuure, former Secretary General of ISA, officially retired from his position as Professor at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands. He had worked there for 30 years! The University honored Hans with a special lecture series with guest speakers from all around the world. Invitees included Fans Connix (Germany), Jose Barajas (Spain), Rene Dauman (France), Jan Wouters (Belgium), Bert van Zanten (Utrecht, Netherlands), and several members of

the Erasmus University staff including Rob Baatenburg de Jong, Anneke Meuwese-Jongejeugd, and Andre Goedegebure. George Mencher, Secretary General of ISA and Han’s successor was also invited to speak. Of course, in addition to professional topics of interest, all the speakers offered a special comment about Hans and his contributions and life as they know him. Hans, however, had the last word. As he made his final remarks he was, as ever, the gentleman – but he did seek revenge on those who teased him! Jenny Verschuure and all three of their children and two grandchildren were in attendance along with about 100 guests, fellow scientists and friends.

Hans served as General Secretary of the ISA for 14 years and was Assistant General Secretary before that. He has served on the Executive Board as well and he was President of the International Congress of Audiology held in The Hague in 2000. He has a long list of publications and presentations and still represents ISA at WWHearing in Geneva. Recently Hans has been ill, but we are pleased to report that he has recovered following surgery and is now doing very well.

PROGRAM FROM SYMPOSIUM HONORING HANS VERSCHUURE

Meetings Around The Globe

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World Health Organization Convenes Meeting On Newborn Hearing Screening

George Mencher

The WHO held an “Informal Consultation” on Newborn/Infant Hearing Screening in Geneva on 9-10 November. This is exciting news and promises to go a long way toward the development of further screening programs in both the developed and the developing world.

In accordance with previous WHO General Assembly resolutions, the 48th General Assembly had passed a resolution which urged member nations to prepare national plans for the prevention and control of major causes of hearing loss as well as for early detection of losses in various populations. To that end, the section on Prevention of Blindness and Deafness (Dr. Ivo Kocur, Team Leader and Dr. Young-Ah Ku, Medical Officer) convened this important gathering. The 19 attendees represented Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as the World Health Organization, ISA, IFOS, IALP and CBM. The purpose of the meeting was to:

...review the current global situation, discuss major related issues, such as screening methods, quality control, referral services, cost effectiveness, policies etc., and to formulate guiding principles on newborn/infant hearing screening taking into consideration different economic and health system status, and the realistic public health, clinical and economic values in different countries.

The agenda called for a “Situational Review” of newborn/infant hearing screening throughout the world with presentations by speakers from the various countries represented (Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, UK and USA). There were also presentations about regional efforts including South East Asia and the European Consensus. WHO featured its own efforts through the Disability and Rehabilitation Unit, the Newborn and Child Health Unit and persons focused on economic analysis of various programs. The meeting Chair was Ferdinando Grandori (Italy) and the Recording Secretary was Karl White (USA).

The discussions which followed were designed to formulate guiding principles for the WHO and included:--A summary review on prevalence, etiology and needs of screening--Case definition, timing of screening--Minimal requirements for screening methods (equip, quality control, etc.)--Recommendable screening systems (universal, targeted, referral only)--Cost effectiveness--Integration of hearing screening with other primary health care systems--Ethical issues--Policies and legislation

A report is being prepared by Karl White. It will be circulated amongst the attendees for comment and review. Once that is completed, the document will be sent to the professional writing group at WHO for translation into their writing style. The final report should be out to the general public in a short time.

We are hopeful that this is the first of a series of Informal Consultations centering on neonates/infants and screening, diagnosis, treatment and intervention. We at ISA believe that Early Identification of Hearing Impairment programs must include all of those steps and it would be really wonderful if we can persuade the WHO to formulate some international standards and recommendations regarding them.

Finally, I would like to report that in my presentation of the role ISA could play in all this, I suggested we would be very willing to help prepare further consultations as well as being involved in training the trainers of those carrying out newborn/infant screening.

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Attendees at the WHO Informal Consultation of Newborn/Infant Hearing Screening Left to Right: Dr. Bu – China, Dr. Oh – South Korea, Dr. Tavartkiladze – Russia, Dr. Mencher – Representing Canada and ISA, Dr. Kocur – WHO (Team Leader PBD/CHP), Dr. Ku – WHO (Medical Officer PBD/CHP), Dr. Smith – Representing CBM, Dr. Al-Khabori – Oman, Dr. Bevilacqua – Brazil, Dr. Grandori – Italy (Chair), Dr. Neumann – Representing Germany and IALP, Dr. White – United States (Secretary), Dr. Olusanya – Representing Nigeria and IFOS, Dr. Martinez – Philippines, Dr. Chadha – India, Dr. Davis – United Kingdom

_____________________________________________________Upcoming Meetings

VII National Audiology Congress on February 18th, 19th and 20th 2010 to be held in Bogota, Colombia.

For a view of the conference presentations in both Spanish and English, see:

http://www.asoaudio.org.co/asoaudio/programa_congreso.php

For general information and registration, go to: http://www.asoaudio.org.co/asoaudio/index.php or contact:

Angela Maria Lopez, President

Asociacion Colombiana de Audiología 2006-2010

Email: angelamaria.lopez@imbanaco.com.co

A report is being prepared by Karl White. It will be circulated amongst the attendees for comment and review. Once that is completed, the document will be sent to the professional writing group at WHO for translation into their writing style. The final report should be out to the general public in a short time. We are hopeful that this is the first of a series of Informal Consultations centering on neonates/infants and screening, diagnosis, treatment and intervention. We at ISA believe that Early Identification of Hearing Impairment programs must include all of those steps and it would be really wonderful if we can persuade the WHO to formulate some international standards and recommendations regarding them. Finally, I would like to report that in my presentation of the role ISA could play in all this, I suggested we would be very willing to help prepare further consultations as well as being involved in training the trainers of those carrying out newborn/infant screening.

Attendees at the WHO Informal Consultation of Newborn/Infant Hearing Screening Left to Right: Dr. Bu – China, Dr Oh – South Korea, Dr. Tavartkiladze – Russia, Dr. Mencher – Representing Canada and ISA, Dr. Kocur – WHO (Team Leader PBD/CHP), Dr. Ku – WHO (Medical Officer PBD/CHP), Dr. Smith – Representing CBM, Dr. Al-Khabori – Oman, Dr. Bevilacqua – Brazil, Dr. Grandori – Italy (Chair), Dr. Neumann – Representing Germany and IALP, Dr. White – United States (Secretary), Dr. Olusanya – Representing Nigeria and IFOS, Dr. Martinez – Philippines, Dr. Chadha – India, Dr. Davis – United Kingdom

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UPCOMING AUDIOLOGY EVENTS

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For further information on AHS 2010, see http://www.ahs2010.polimi.it/

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A. Charles Holland Foundation 2010 Scholarships Request for applications at http://www.isa-audiology.org/pdf/Scholarship_2010.pdf

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International Society of Audiology Executive BoardPresident e-mail: irusso@terra.com.br Ieda Russo, PhDProfessor, Catholic University Sao Paulo, Brazil

President–Elect e-mail: barajas@clinicabarajas.com Jose Barajas, M.D. Barajas Clinic Tenerife, Spain

Past President e-mail: wnoble@une.edu.au William Noble, PhD Professor, University of New England New South Wales, Australia

Secretary General e-mail: gtmisa@yahoo.com George Mencher, PhD Professor of Audiology, Dalhousie University 121 Anchor Drive Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3N 3B9

Asst Secretary General e-mail: gtavartkiladze@audiology.ru George A. Tavartkiladze, MD, PhD Director, National Research Center for Audiology and Hearing Rehabilitation Moscow, Russia

Representing Affiliated SocietiesKajsa-Mia Holgers, MD, PhDe-mail: km.holgers@telia.comAssociate Professor, Dept. of Audiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenborg, Sweden

Representing the General AssemblyRobert Cowan, PhD, email: r.cowan@unimelb.edu.auDirector, Hearing CRC, 384 Albert Street, East Melbourne (Victoria), Australia 3002

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