Event Sponsored by Siemens Concludes 2003 American Academy of Audiology Convention
PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 2003 - More than 600 attendees from the 2003 American Academy of Audiology Convention in San Antonio gathered for friendly competition at the XIVth Annual Trivia Bowl, held on Saturday, April 5th. Sixty teams compared their collective knowledge during the event, sponsored by Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. and co-sponsored by Knowles Electronics and Rayovac®.
The competition gives audiologists a chance to test their technical and loosely-related trivia knowledge and share professional camaraderie with their peers.
In addition, Siemens Hearing Instruments President and CEO William Lankenau presented a donation to the Advancement of Audiology and Hearing Science Foundation to further support the education of audiology.
Questions prepared by program Masters of Ceremonies Dr. Gus Mueller and Dr. Jerry Northern challenged the participants on trivial events drawn from audiology history, clinical applications, items from the news media of the past year, and trade journals. The competition resulted in three winning teams, one winning student team, and one winning team for the best name competition.
The "Nearly Dead Zones" took first place. Team members were Dennis Van Vliet, Dave Fabry, Robert Sweetow, Brenda Ryals, Chuck Berlin, Gail Gudmundson, Catherine Palmer, David Hawkins, Liz Fabry and Mary Kay Chisholm.
The "Up Chuck Berlin's" took second place, and "Trapezoid Bodies" placed third.
"Simply Ear-Resistible," this year's winning student team, included members from Utah State University. The award for the team with the best name went to "Viva Las Tragus!"
The members of the "Nearly Dead Zones" team and the winning student team will have their names engraved on Trivia Bowl XIV trophies on display at the American Academy of Audiology headquarters.
About Siemens Hearing Instruments
Headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures advanced digital, basic digital, digitally programmable, and advanced conventional hearing instruments in all custom
(In-the-Canal, In-the-Ear, and Completely-in-the-Canal) and Behind-the-Ear (BTE) models. The Company also offers audiological software, and a wide array of assistive listening devices (ALDs) such as amplified phones, which help improve the quality of life of the hearing impaired. Visit www.siemens-hearing.com for more information.
The Company operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) of Malvern, Pennsylvania and Erlangen, Germany, one of the largest suppliers to the healthcare industry in the world. More information
can be obtained by visiting www.siemensmedical.com.
