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NHCA 2021 Virtual Conference

Welcome to the 2021 NHCA Virtual Conference Schedule, below you will find the schedule listed with 3 types of education sessions, Live Platform, Pre-recorded Platform and E-Poster Sessions. They will all be delivered a little differently so please take a little time to read the descriptions and understand how the conference will be laid out.

Live Platforms: NHCA is offering 7 live sessions with interactive Q&A and chat features over the two days of the live conference. If you are not able to watch these sessions live they will be recorded and playback will be available until March 19, 2021
ON DEMAND Pre-Recorded Platforms: There will be 28 pre-recorded sessions that will be released on the first day of the conference, these will be available to watch at your leisure and will be available until March 19, 2021. PLEASE NOTE: They are available longer than the 1-5 pm time on the schedule but we are not able to program them in like that!
ON DEMAND E-Poster Sessions: There will be 8 E-Poster sessions available to watch, each session is 15 minutes long and worth a quarter of a credit, in order to receive a full hour you will need to watch 4 poster sessions all the way through and complete and evaluation. These will be available as pre-recordings and will be available from the start of the conference until March 19, 2021

This means you have the opportunity for up to 19.0 CE credits at this years conference! (See ASHA AND AAA Brand Blocks below)

If you are trying to login to the learning center to attend the conference, please CLICK HERE to go to the Learning Center, this is just a digital agenda!

Theresa H. Small

Associates In Audiology, Inc.
President
Denver, Colorado

AssociatesInAudiology.com

Theresa H. Small, Au.D., CPS/A is an occupational audiologist consultant, CAOHC certified professional supervisor and course director and owner of Associates In Audiology, Inc., a professional consulting firm specializing in occupational audiology, and hearing loss prevention. Dr. Small has been practicing audiology since 1999, with a 100% focus on hearing loss prevention since 2007. She wrote an article for the CAOHC Update in June 2013, "Applying GINA in the Occupational Hearing Conservation Program". Dr. Small has been a member of NHCA since 2007 and has attended every conference since then. She is currently on the NHCA executive council serving her last few days of her term as the secretary/treasurer. Sat is her birthday!

5:30pm CST

Meet and Greet with Trivia and Prizes Virtually

9:30am CST

Welcome Remarks Virtually

10:00am CST

*Live Session 1: Where We have been and Where We are Now: Occupational Hearing Loss in the United States Virtually

10:30am CST

*Live Session 2: The Need for a Re-Examination of ISO 1999 Virtually

11:00am CST

Break with Exhibitors: Exhibitor Ignite Session Virtually

12:00pm CST

*Live Session 3: A new noise exposure criteria is needed for complex noise. Virtually

12:45pm CST

*Live Session 4: The association between hearing loss and hearing protector attenuation among miners Virtually

1:15pm CST

2021 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™ Virtually

9:30am CST

Welcome Remarks and Awards Ceremony Virtually

10:30am CST

*Live Session 5: Hearing Conservation Strategies for a Mobile Workplace Virtually

11:15am CST

*Live Session 6: Turning Angst into Action During Covid-19 Challenges! Virtually

11:45am CST

NHCA Business Meeting Virtually

12:15pm CST

Gasaway Lecture: This Sound’s Important Virtually

12:45pm CST

Live Session 7: The Birth of a Word and Applications and Implications of Big Data Virtually

1:45pm CST

Poster 2: COVID-19 FOCUSED GUIDANCE FOR AUDIOMETRIC BOOTHS Virtually Poster 5: Measurement of industrial noise using a smartphone-based sound level measurement application Virtually Poster 6: Prevalence of Hearing Protection Device Non-Use among U.S. Workers in 2007 and 2014 Virtually Poster 7: The Influence of Tinnitus and Hearing Loss on the Functional Status of Military Service Members and Veterans Virtually

2:00pm CST

*ON DEMAND SESSION: Acoustic Standards for High-level Impulse Noise Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: An Update from the CDC NIHL Workgroup Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Audiovisual Training Rapidly Reduces Hazardous Perceptual Errors Caused by Earplugs Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Between-subject differences in middle-ear energy transmission Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Building synergy among CAOHC and NHCA Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Certification in the Time of COVID-19: DoD/VA Hearing Technician Distance Learning Course Update Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Consequences of COVID-19 on The Sound Exposure of Entertainment Industry Professionals Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Crossing Barriers to Reduce Occupational Hearing Loss Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Exposure to Ototoxicants in the Workplace – Recent Developments Towards Prevention of Potential Hearing Disorders Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Hearing Conservation Program in the Agriculture Sector: An Evaluation Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Hearing protection device perform requirements – in Europe Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Hearing protectors fit-testint: preliminary results of earmuff instrumentation on manikin Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Injuries, near misses, and noise exposures among miners Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Leadership Lessons for New and Seasoned Leaders Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Managing auditory sensitivities in autism: the potential of smart hearing protection Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: NoiseHelp.Auburn.edu: A Resource for Noise Abatement Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Please Don’t Stop the Music…I Mean Outreach Healthy Hearing Outreach in the Coivd-19 Era Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Progress in Preventing Hearing Loss: Healthy People 2020 and Beyond Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Safer choir rehearsals in the period of COVID19 Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Tablet-based alternatives to field attenuation evaluation systems Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION: Working with Musicians: From Booth to Fit Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION:The New Age of Professional Supervision:Technology As an Asset Virtually *ON DEMAND SESSION:Threshold Shift Susceptibility Correlated with Pre-Cochlear Amplification in Chinchilla Virtually ON DEMAND SESSION: Audiometric outcomes,machining processes, and noise control materials in manufacturing Virtually ON DEMAND SESSION: Characterization of Noise Injury and Blast Exposure in Military Populations Virtually ON DEMAND SESSION: CPT Schad Goes to Prison Virtually ON DEMAND SESSION: Evaluation of Hearing Protection Device Effectiveness for Musicians Virtually ON DEMAND SESSION:Virtual Health -Audiology & Hearing Readiness Virtually