2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
10/23/2016 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | A Practical Guide to Humanitarian Missions for Improving Hearing Health | Meeting Room 4D, 4th Floor, Buenaventura G. Paredes, OP Building, University of Santo Tomas
A Practical Guide to Humanitarian Missions for Improving Hearing Health
The workshop presenters have organized dozens of humanitarian outreach trips and non-profit programs in Central America and Africa. Based on that experience the workshop will explore how humanitarian outreach has changed in recent years and some ethical issues inherit in doing this type of work. The practical issues related to humanitarian trips in audiology and otolaryngology will be explored including selecting a location for the work, recruiting team members, team and local site preparation, equipment needs, establishing follow up, and sustainability issues. Specific issues and methods of educating both the team members and local providers will be presented and discussed. Teaching methods employed in this pre-conference session will include lectures (followed by a discussion / Q & A session) and conclude with suggestions for best practices for humanitarian trips focusing on hearing health care
- Relate the important issues to consider when planning a humanitarian outreach trip for hearing loss.
- Identify resource that are available for hearing loss related humanitarian outreach trips, including both physical (equipment and instrument) and personnel needs.
- Discuss ethical and practical issues related to Best Practices for Humanitarian Outreach efforts for hearing loss.
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Presenters/Authors
Debra Fried
(), Mayflower Medical Outreach, DebraFriedMMO@aol.com;
Debra is a clinical audiologist and Coordinator of Audiology for the ambulatory care clinics at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She provides diagnostic audiological, hearing aid and cochlear implant services. She manages the newborn hearing screening program for the hospital which has over 6,000 annual births.
Debra volunteers her time as Director of Audiology for Mayflower Medical Outreach, a U.S. based non-governmental organization providing hearing care services in Nicaragua. She works collaboratively to develop hearing health care programs while in Nicaragua as well as remotely. She is also a member of the International Humanitarian Hearing Aid Purchasing Program HHAPP. Debra is the 2019 recipient of the American Academy of Audiology Humanitarian Audiology Award.
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James E. Saunders
(), Geisel School of Medicine, James.E.Saunders@hitchcock.org;
Dr. James E. Saunders is an Professor of Otology / Neurotology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He completed an M.D. at University of Oklahoma, Residency Training and a Research Fellowship in Otolaryngology at Duke University Medical Center, and a Research and Clinical Fellowship at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles. In addition to an active clinical practice and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Saunders has published many articles on sudden sensorineural hearing loss, the microbiology of chronic otitis, hearing loss genetics, surgical management of ear disease, and the epidemiology of hearing loss. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery journal and as a reviewer for many other scientific journals
Dr. Saunders has been involved with many projects related to the etiology, prevention and treatment of hearing loss in the developing world including collaborations with the World Health Organization and the Global Burden of Disease Project. He currently serves as the Coordinator for International Affairs for the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) and is the former Chairman of Humanitarian Efforts and Regional Advisor for Africa for the AAO-HNSF. In 1999, he co-founded Mayflower Medical Outreach, an organization that supports and trains otolaryngology and audiology providers in Nicaragua. He has published many articles on the prevalence and etiology of hearing loss in Nicaragua and has worked closely with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health and other NGO’s to develop a comprehensive public health plan to improve hearing loss services. He co-founded and currently serves as the co-chair for the Coalition for Global Hearing Health, an international multidisciplinary organization dedicated to hearing loss in underserved areas of the world.
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