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December 6-7 2024

This years conference will be held at the DoubleTree Golf Resort Palm Springs and will also be live-streamed if you prefer the comfort of your own space.

The Interaction of Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline

There is compelling evidence that hearing and memory, particularly auditory memory, are correlated. For instance, recalling the voice of a loved one may help you also recall their looks, smell, and touch. There is some research that suggests a correlation between hearing, hearing loss and cognitive decline, and that treating hearing loss with hearing aids may slow cognitive decline in some persons as we age. However this notion may be controversial in the field of hearing research. This lecture will review the data exploring the interaction of hearing loss and cognitive decline and will present some challenges involved in treating persons with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease who also have hearing loss.

Learning Objectives:

  • To describe the anatomy of the auditory and memory systems.

  • To demonstrate the concept of auditory working memory and how its compares with short-term memory and long-term memory.

  • To summarize research on the interaction of hearing loss and cognitive decline.

  • To describe the difficult nature of treating Alzheimer’s and dementia patients with hearing aids.

    Check back for more information as the agenda emerges!

 
 
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Palm Springs Hearing Seminars is designed to provide Continuing Educational Units (CEUs) for clinical audiologists, dispensing otolaryngologists, and hearing instrument specialists. The goal is to pull together clinicians, basic scientists, clinical scientists, practice management experts, and device manufacturers under one roof to discuss cutting edge research and technologies that affect our field and our practices. The 2022 PSHS conference is administered and presented by the non-profit Hearing University (HearU) 501c3 educational organization. All monies contributed to PSHS this year are tax deductible.

 

Accreditations

Lectures will be accredited by the State of CA Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensers Board, the International Hearing Society, the American Academy of Audiology, AND the American Speech Language and Hearing Association*.

*ASHA honors CEUs approved by AAA. Make sure you follow ASHA’s recordkeeping requirements.

 

CA-SLPAH

This entire course Is pending Approval for 15 educational hrs by the califiornia Audiology & hearing aid dispensing board

ASHA

*ASHA honors CEUS approved by AAA. Make sure you follow ASHA’s recordkeeping requirements.

 

AAA*

This entire course Is pending Approval for for 1.5 continuing educational Units by the american academy of audiology

 
 

IHS

This entire course Is pending Approval for by the international hearing Society for 15 educational Unit HRS

 
 

November 2018

I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to present our work on hearing-aid self-adjustment and noise tolerance. An added bonus was the chance to learn from the other presenters. I was impressed by the seminar’s ability to persuade outstanding professionals to make the trip to the desert. 

Alex Boothroyd, 2017 Presenter