WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Ear & Hearing Editorial Board Meeting  CAMELBACK LODGE BOARDROOM

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: AAS Executive Board Meeting  CAMELBACK LODGE BOARDROOM

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025

7:45 AM - 5:00 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM: Opening Comments  GRAND BALLROOM ABC

Lisa L. Hunter, PhD, AAS President
Rachael Frush Holt, PhD, President-Elect and Program Chair

8:10 AM - 9:10 AM: Translational Research I  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD

Fast and Accurate Diagnosis Using the Parallel Auditory Brainstem Response
Ross Maddox, PhD
Associate Professor, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

9:20 AM - 11:40 AM: Concurrent Podium Presentations 

PODIUM SESSION I  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
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10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM: BREAK
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM

PODIUM SESSION II  GRAND BALLROOM DEF   Moderator: TBD

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM: BREAK
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM

PODIUM SESSION III  LA VALENCIA   Moderator: TBD

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM: BREAK
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM: Lunch  CYPRESS COURT TERRAZA

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM: Poster Session I Setup - Put Up Posters  TERRAZA

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Student Travel Award Poster Forum  GRAND BALLROOM DEF   Moderator: TBD

Student travel awardees will have the opportunity to do a “sneek peek” of their posters in 5-minute podium presentations. The purpose of this forum is to highlight student research and to interest attendees in attending posters to get more information and meet presenters. Selection is based on merit scores from blinded review and diversity factors (race, ethnicity, gender, region).

2:00 PM - 4:55 PM: TECHNOLOGY UPDATES (Industry Sponsored Sessions)

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM: First Round / 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM: Repeat of Sessions
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM: Second Round / 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM: Repeat of Sessions
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM: Third Round / 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM: Repeat of Sessions

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Carhart Memorial Lecture  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD; Introduction: Gurjit Singh, PhD

Hearing Health and Aging Well
Kathy Pichora-Fuller, PhD, FCAHS
Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Opening Reception (not eligible for CEU)  CYPRESS COURT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2025

7:45 AM - 1:30 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Early Career Research Award Presentation  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD

Improving the Diagnosis of Otitis Media and Associated Hearing Loss in Children
Gabrielle R. Merchant, AuD, PhD
Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM: Translational Research II - Killion Lecture  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD

Understanding Individual Variability Among Older Adults with Hearing Loss
Pamela Souza, PhD
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Awards & Recognitions (not eligible for CEU)  GRAND BALLROOM ABC

Membership Update: Lisa L. Hunter, PhD, AAS President
Life Achievement Award: Professor Linda J. Hood, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Ear and Hearing Update: Ruth Litovsky, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
Ear and Hearing Editor's Award
Ear and Hearing Readers' Choice Award

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Poster Session I Presentations  TERRAZA

Presenters with odd numbered posters should plan to present between 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Presenters with even numbered posters should plan to present between 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. Presenters are also free to be available at any other time the poster is on display.

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM: Poster Session I - Take Down Posters  TERRAZA

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch  CYPRESS COURT

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: NIDCD Grant Information Session  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD

Box lunches will be available in the room.

Cendrine Robinson, PhD, MPH
Chief Diversity Officer, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH

Funding from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) advances scientific and clinical discovery. NIDCD staff will provide an overview of fellowship, career development, and research funding opportunities. The session will also cover advice for successful applications. This session is aimed at AuD or PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, and early-stage investigators.

1:30 PM - 4:50 PM: Concurrent Podium Presentations

Podium Session IV   GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM: BREAK
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
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3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Podium Session V   GRAND BALLROOM DEF   Moderator: TBD

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM: BREAK
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Podium Session V   LA VALENCIA   Moderator: TBD 

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM: BREAK
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM: Poster Session II Setup - Put Up Posters  TERRAZA

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Session Organized by the Student and Post-Doctoral Mentoring Committee  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: TBD       

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: spAAS Happy Hour (not eligible for CEU)  GARDEN COURT RESTAURANT

Informal setting to socialize and meet new people. A cash bar and light snacks will be available. 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025

7:45 AM - 3:45 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Translational Research III  GRAND BALLROOM DEF   Moderator: TBD

Amanda Ortmann, PhD
Washington University - St. Louis

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: (Hearing) Industry Research Consortium Sponsored Session   GRAND BALLROOM DEF   MODERATOR: TBD

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Poster Session II Presentations  TERRAZA

Presenters with odd numbered posters should plan to present between 10:00 am - 11:00 am. Presenters with even numbered posters should plan to present between 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. Presenters are also free to be available at any other time the poster is on display.

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM: Poster Session II - Take Down Posters  TERRAZA

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch  CYPRESS COURT

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Special Session: Gene Therapy  GRAND BALLROOM ABC   Moderator: O'neil W. Guthrie, MS, PhD, CCC-A

Gene Therapy: When Desires Precede the Evidence
O’neil W. Guthrie, MS, PhD, CCC-A 
Cell & Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ

Sharon L. Cushing, MD
Hospital for Sick Children

Keiko Hirose, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

Emma Kagel
Bioethics Alliance

Marci Lesperance, MD
University of Michigan

Ryan McCreery, PhD
Boys Town National Research Hospital

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Summary and Adjournment  GRAND BALLROOM ABC

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