Honorary Hearing Forum co-hosts: Reps. Tom Latham (IA-4) & Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
The otoscope demonstrations were conducted by a group of audiologists with the Hearing Center of Excellence;Colonel Vickie Tuten, AuD, Major Scott Forbes, AuD, and Major Ryan Mills, AuD, while hearing screenings were conducted by Mike Canary, Jr., BC-HIS, Canary Hearing Aid Centers;Earl Harley, MD, Georgetown University Hospital;Hung Jeffrey Kim, MD, Georgetown University Hospital;and Therese Walden, AuD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Representatives of the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) also hosted an interactive display during the event. Reps Tom Latham (IA-4) and Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4), co-chairmen of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus (CHHC) and lead sponsors of the Hearing Aid Tax Credit, helped to organize the event and stopped by to greet the hearing health advocates in attendance.
The FCHHC event was sponsored by: A.G. Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing;Academy of Doctors of Audiology;American Academy of Audiology;American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery;ASHA;American Tinnitus Association;HIA;Hearing Loss Association of America;International Hearing Society;National Court Reporters Association;and National Hearing Industry Alliance. The group also hosted a Briefing Luncheon on how the military and Veterans Administration are handling the surge in hearing loss/tinnitus cases related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
