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July/August 2008 | Volume 20, Number 4
The magazine of, by, and for audiologists
MArlee
MAtliN
More than Dancing
with the Stars
BAHA Assessment
and Verification
Patient Care and Your
Personality: Finding Success
Sit and Stay...and learn More
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
12 The “D” Word: An Interview with Marlee Matlin
Actress Marlee Matlin sits down with AT to discuss a variety of topics,
including her recent stint on the television show Dancing with the Stars, her
role in the movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear, plus her status as a role model
DEPARTMENTS
for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
BY DAvID FABRY, PHD
6 President’s Message
Charting a New Course
20 A Recommended Protocol for BAHA Assessment and Verification for BY PATRICk FEENEY, PHD
Individuals with Single-Sided Deafness
8 Executive Update
While the BAHA has proved to be a promising form of treatment for single- Staying Relevant for Audiologists
sided deafness (SSD), its inception in 2002 resulted in a new dilemma: BY CHERYL kREIDER CAREY, CAE
determining a way to evaluate, fit, and verify the instrument to ensure effi- 10 From the Editor
cacy in the treatment of patients. This article describes a clinically feasible A New Day, A New Way
BY DAvID FABRY, PHD
protocol for audiologists who provide evaluations of patients with SSD.
BY HILLARY SNAPP, AUD, AND FRED TELISCHI, MD 43 Coding and Reimbursement
Survey Says: Students Are in Need of
More Information About Coding and
30 Enhancing Patient Care and Professional Relationships Through Reimbursement
Personality Assessment BY AMY AYLwARD, AUD, AND MELISSA CAINE
Learn more about adapting your personality style to situations and striving 46 A Moment of Science
to respect and understand another’s point of view. For a clinical practitioner, Enlarged Cortical Maps Don’t Always
Improve Perception
this can play a major role in enhancing your relationship with colleagues,
BY CHRISTOPHER CLINARD, MA,
retaining your patients, increasing your career possibilities, and building a AND kELLY TREMBLAY, PHD
successful practice.
48 News and Resources
BY MICHAEL J. SIMPSON NIDCD National Temporal Bone Registry
BY kEvIN wILLMANN
36 Bioacoustics and Canine Audiology Clinic 50 News of the Wired
Sound Wars
AT managed to get Peter Scheifele, director of the Facility for the
BY DAvID FABRY, PHD
Education and Training of Canine Hearing and Laboratory for Animal
Bioacoustics (FETCH LAB) at the University of Cincinnati, to “sit and 52 American Board of Audiology
ABA Goes to Campus
stay” for a discussion on his vision for the program that links audiology to
BY JAMES w. HALL III, PHD
veterinary medicine.
53 Academy News
BY DAvID FABRY, PHD
ƒ Call for Board of Directors 2009
Nominations
ƒ Draft Policy Review: Ethical
Practice Policy on Financial
On the cOver Incentives from Industry
ƒ Washington Watch: GR Committee
Remember, the first 20 Academy members to find the 20th Anniversary
Overview
logo on the cover of this issue and e-mail the location to publications@ ƒ Academy Honors: Call for Nominations
audiology.org will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Academy Store. ƒ AAA Foundation Announces New
Previous winners of this contest or any other 20th Anniversary contest are ineligible to win again. Entries must be received by August 1, 2008. Leadership
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The American Academy of Audiology
promotes quality hearing and balance
care by advancing the profession of
audiology through leadership, advocacy,
education, public awareness, and
support of research.
BOArd Of direCtOrS
CONteNt editOr exeCutiVe editOr
PreSideNt
David Fabry, PhD | [email protected] Amy Miedema | [email protected] Patrick Feeney, PhD
University of washington
[email protected]
MANAGiNG editOr SeNiOr GrAPHiC deSiGNer
Joyanna wilson Suzi Otta
PreSideNt-eleCt
Kris english, Phd
editOriAl ASSiStANt WeB MANAGer University of Akron
kevin willmann Jamie Stutt [email protected]
editOr eMerituS PASt PreSideNt
Jerry Northern, PhD Alison Grimes, Aud
UCLA Medical Center
[email protected]
AdVertiSiNG SAleS
Christy Hanson
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Bopanna B. Ballachanda, PhD
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ASSiStANt exeCutiVe direCtOr Edward A. M. Sullivan | [email protected]
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SeNiOr direCtOr Of fiNANCe ANd AdMiNiStrAtiON Sandy Bishop, CPA | [email protected] AvA Hearing Center
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SeNiOr direCtOr Of GOVerNMeNt relAtiONS Phil Bongiorno | [email protected]
Gary Jacobson, PhD
SeNiOr direCtOr Of eduCAtiON victoria keetay, PhD | [email protected]
vanderbilt University Medical Center
[email protected]
SeNiOr direCtOr Of MeetiNG SerViCeS Lisa Yonkers, CMP | [email protected]
Patricia Kricos, PhD
direCtOr Of reiMBurSeMeNt Debra Abel, AuD | [email protected]
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President’s
PAtriCK feeNeY, Phd,
President,
American Academy
of Audiology
Message
Charting a New Course
for the Academy and
Our Profession
tHiS YeAr’S 20tH ANNiVerSArY Of tHe AMeriCAN of, by, and for audiologists. To this end, Beth Prieve, chair of the
Academy of Audiology is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Research Committee, is leading a discussion with her committee
just how far we have come as a professional association and a on ways in which the Academy may enhance its research focus.
profession. Twenty years ago James Jerger recognized that the Examples of the ideas proposed include additional Academy
time was right to launch an organization of, by, and for audi- research grant support, and increasing the interaction between
ologists. As we reviewed our past at the general assembly at researchers and clinicians to facilitate research collaboration.
AudiologyNOW! in Charlotte, I was struck by the courage and
wisdom of Dr. Jerger and his hearty band of founders. They The Academy Board of Directors has already started this pro-
recognized the unique opportunity presented to them when they cess by approving the development of an Academy Research
acted to form the Academy. Over the last 20 years, the Academy Conference (ARC), which will be an annual day-long confer-
has grown through its infancy and childhood and emerged as a ence on a given scientific theme that will emphasize translational
dynamic association of approximately 11,000 members, served research—taking research from the lab to the clinic. The Research
by an elected board of directors, an executive director, and a staff Committee will select a theme for the annual ARC, recommend
of over 30. During that time, the Academy has been a leader in program chairs, and form an ARC Program Committee.
the development of our doctoral-level profession on behalf of its
members, the profession, and the patients we serve. The theme of the inaugural ARC is “Otoacoustic Emissions:
Improving Practice Through Science,” and will be held in
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ul three years, sample the pulse of the membership with our ing group of presenters. In addition to David Kemp, who
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membership survey, and chart a course for the future. discovered otoacoustic emissions, presenters will include
Michael Gorga, John Guinan, Lynne Marshall, Beth Prieve,
As we think about our future, one special interest of mine, Christopher Shera, and Jonathan Siegel. Watch for information
which is an interest shared with many of our members, is that on registration and submissions for a poster session in a future
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Academy is of, by, and for audiologists, we must support research Academy and our profession.
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Executive uPdAte
CHerYl Kreider CAreY, CAe, Executive Director
American Academy of Audiology
Staying Relevant for Audiologists
Like the Sands in an Hour Glass
tHe PrOfeSSiON Of AudiOlOGY. tHe AMeriCAN Governance is further defined by the relationship of these
Academy of Audiology. One exists because of the other. One is two individuals. In essence, Patrick Feeney and I will co-
50 years old. The other is 20. Approximately 11,000 audiolo- pilot the Academy this year, each contributing a unique but
gists choose one as their professional organization. How can necessary perspective to the leadership role. Given the time
the Academy remain relevant to this growing number of constraints of volunteering, the president changes annually.
audiologists? With the beginning of a new fiscal year (July 1, That means I have a new co-pilot each year, another factor
2008, FY09), it is especially timely to assess where the Academy inherent to not-for-profits.
is headed and how the Academy is serving audiology.
The hourglass, I believe, is helpful in visualizing this gov-
To answer this question, let’s begin with a brief overview ernance structure. The professional needs and desires of
of not-for-profit organizations. In the for-profit model, the audiologists are top and center. The board prioritizes them,
owner, customer, and workforce are three separate popula- setting the strategic direction of the organization on behalf of
tions. In an association, they are one and the same.1 For the profession. The staff lends their expertise while providing
example, the Academy’s members are our continuity and the association management base for the orga-
nization, as illustrated in the hour-glass model.
ƒ Owners
To gauge the Academy’s relevance for audiologists, we look
ƒ Customers to several measures and benchmarks for both the volunteers
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ul intertwined components. Therein lies the purpose of the of similar revenue:
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12 audiologists—the Board of Directors—elected by the
Academy’s members: to steer, or set the strategic direction of the ƒ Our profitability and efficiency was equal to or higher
Academy. Among the duties of the Board of Directors is to
select the co-leaders of the organization: ƒ We had fewer staff than others
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