WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2024

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Ear & Hearing Editorial Board Meeting  CAMELBACK LODGE BOARDROOM

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM: AAS Executive Board Meeting  CAMELBACK LODGE BOARDROOM

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024

7:45 AM - 5:00 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

7:50 AM - 8:00 AM: Opening Comments  GRAND BALLROOM ABC

Francis Kuk, PhD, AAS President
Lisa Hunter, PhD, President-Elect and Program Chair

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Translational Research I  GRAND BALLROOM ABC, Moderator: TBD

Deniz Başkent, PhD
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

9:10 AM - 11:30 AM: Concurrent Podium Presentations 

PODIUM SESSION I: TBD  GRAND BALLROOM ABC, Moderator: TBD

PODIUM SESSION II: TBD  GRAND BALLROOM DEF,  Moderator: TBD

PODIUM SESSION III: TBD  LA VALENCIA, Moderator: TBD

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch  CYPRESS COURT

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Student Travel Award Poster Forum  GRAND BALLROOM DEF,  Moderator: TBD

Student travel awardees will have the opportunity to do a “sneek peek” of their posters in 5-minute podium presentations. The purpose of this forum is to highlight student research and to interest attendees in attending posters to get more information and meet presenters. Selection is based on merit scores from blinded review and diversity factors (race, ethnicity, gender, region). Box lunches will be available in the room.

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM: Poster Session I Setup - Put Up Posters  TERRAZA

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: IRC Sponsored Session  GRAND BALLROOM ABC,  Moderator: TBD

2:00 PM - 4:55 PM: TECHNOLOGY UPDATES (Industry Sponsored Sessions)

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM: First Round / 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM: Repeat of Sessions

3:00 PM - 3:25 PM: Second Round / 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM: Repeat of Sessions

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM: Third Round / 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM: Repeat of Sessions

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Carhart Memorial Lecture  GRAND BALLROOM ABC,  Moderator: TBD

Hideko Heidi Nakajima
Harvard University, Mass Eye and Ear, Boston, MA

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Opening Reception (not eligible for CEU)  CYPRESS COURT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024

7:45 AM - 1:30 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Early Career Research Award Presentation  GRAND BALLROOM ABC,  Moderator: TBD

Personalized Evidence-Based Adult Cochlear Implant Care Using the CIQOL Instruments
Teddy R. McRackan, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor, Medical Director Cochlear Implant Program, Director Skull Base Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM: Translational Research II - Killion Lecture  GRAND BALLROOM ABC,  Moderator: TBD

New Models of Human Hearing Via Machine Learning
Josh McDermott, PhD
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Poster Session I Presentations  TERRAZA

Presenters with odd numbered posters should plan to present between 9:30 am - 10:30 am. Presenters with even numbered posters should plan to present between 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Presenters are also free to be available at any other time the poster is on display.

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM: Poster Session I - Take Down Posters  TERRAZA

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Awards & Recognitions (not eligible for CEU)  GRAND BALLROOM ABC

Membership Update: Francis Kuk, PhD, AAS President
Life Achievement Award: Carmen Brewer, PhD
Ear and Hearing Update: Ruth Litovsky, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
Ear and Hearing Editor's Award: TBA
Ear and Hearing Readers' Choice Award: TBA

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch  CYPRESS COURT

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM: Poster Session II Setup - Put Up Posters  TERRAZA

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Poster Session II Presentations  TERRAZA

Presenters with odd numbered posters should plan to present between 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm. Presenters with even numbered posters should plan to present between 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm. Presenters are also free to be available at any other time the poster is on display.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Session Organized by the Diversity Committee  GRAND BALLROOM ABC,  Moderator: TBD

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Session Organized by the Student and Post-Doctoral Mentoring Committee  GRAND BALLROOM ABC,  Moderator: TBD

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Happy Hour (not eligible for CEU)  GARDEN COURT RESTAURANT

Informal setting to socialize and meet new people. A cash bar and light snacks will be available. 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024

7:45 AM - 4:15 PM: Registration  CONVENTION DESK

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Translational Research III  GRAND BALLROOM DEF,  Moderator: TBD

Auditory Olivocochlear Efferent Feedback System Changes with Aging and Noise Exposure
Amanda M. Lauer, PhD
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

9:15 AM - 12:15 PM: Concurrent Podium Presentations

PODIUM SESSION IV: TBD  GRAND BALLROOM DEF,  Moderator: TBD

PODIUM SESSION V: TBD  LA VALENCIA,  Moderator: TBD

PODIUM SESSION VI: TBD  LAS PALMAS,  Moderator: TBD

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM: Poster Session II - Take Down Posters  TERRAZA

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch  CYPRESS COURT

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Special Session: Artificial Intelligence  GRAND BALLROOM DEF,  Moderator: TBD

Vinaya Manchaiah
University of Colorado-Anshutz Medical Center, Denver, CO

Dennis Barbour
Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO

Transforming Hearing Aids into Multifunctional Health and Communication Devices with Artificial Intelligence
Achin Bhowmik, PhD
Starkey Laboratories, Eden Prairie, MN

Driving Hearing Devices Using Conversation and Communication Statistics
Christi Miller
Meta, San Francisco, CA

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Summary and Adjournment  GRAND BALLROOM DEF

AAS Invited, Podium, and Technology Update Session Speakers Bios and Disclosures

AAS Poster Presenter Bios and Disclosures