Intended Audience & Purpose: This conference is intended for otologists, audiologists, psychologists, and nurses who provide clinical management services for patients with tinnitus. The purpose of this conference is to provide a review of current evaluation and management strategies for the treatment of tinnitus.
 
Guest of Honor:
 
Fan-Gang Zeng, PhD
University California Irvine School of Medicine
Understanding and Modeling Tinnitus and Hyperacousis
and
Present and Future Directions for Sound Therapy
 
Special Presentations
Carol Bauer, MD
Investigations of the cerebellum as a tinnitus generator
Tom Brozoski, PhD
Learning about tinnitus from animal models
Jennifer J. Gans, PsyD
Mindfulness-Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction
Claudia Coelho, MD
Medications and Dietary Supplements for Tinnitus Subgroups
Kathleen Mennillo, MBA
International Hearing Society
 
Industry Representatives
Joni Rykken, AuD
Widex
Thomas Powers, PhD
Siemens
Jeff Carroll
SoundCure
Ed Desporte, MA
General Hearing Instruments
 
Scott Armbruster
SoundPillow
Michelle Mullarkey
Acoustic CR Neuromodulation
Curtis Amann
Neuromonics
Michael Piskosz, M.S.,
ReSound Global Audiology
University of Iowa Faculty
 
Shelley Witt, MA, Audiologist
 
Marlan Hansen, MD, Neurotologist
Rich Tyler, PhD, Audiologist
Jeff Alden, MD, Psychiatrist

Place: The University of Iowa
Date: 14.06.2013 - 15.06.2013