ATA Events

The following is a list of featured ATA events for 2012. For a complete list of ATA and tinnitus-related activities, including nationwide ATA support group meetings, view the ATA calendar.

February 2012

February 25 - 29: ARO Meeting

The Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) invites you to its 35th Annual MidWinter Meeting, February 25 - 29, 2012.

Visit http://www.aro.org/mwm/mwm.html for additional information.

Presidential Symposium: Listening with the Brain: Cochlear Implants and Central Auditory System Plasticity

Symposia and Workshops: Speaking for Science: Addressing the Use of Animals in Research; Facing Animal Rights Extremism: A Community Response; Mechanisms and Circuitry Underlying Auditory Spectrotemporal Integration; Interactive Workshop on 3D Reconstruction of the Ear; Molecular Anatomy and Physiology of the Ribbon Synapse; Current Theories About the Generation of Otoacoustic Emissions and the Clinical Implications; Using Massively-Parallel Next Generation Sequencing Techniques to Advance Studies & Clinical Cares of Hearing Loss; The Yin and Young of Sound Localization Vestibular Psychophysics; The Spiral Ganglion: Neurogenesis and Concepts for Regeneration; New Insights on Vestibular Neuropharmacology: From Bench to Bedside; Real-World Hearing: Neural Coding and Perception

March 2012

March 8 - 10: AAS Meeting

The American Auditory Society is having its annual meeting March 8-10, 2012 in Scottsdale, AZ.

Registration: Registration is nonrefundable after February 18, 2012. Prior to February 18, registration refund requests must be received in writing to AAS Registration, aas@talley.com.  All fees paid will be refunded minus a $25.00 processing fee.

Visit www.amauditorysoc.org/annual-meeting/reginfo.htm to learn more.

March 24: AZ Walk to Silence Tinnitus

Join us at D.C. Ranch in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona on Saturday March 24. Visit AZwalk.ata.org for details.

Last year nearly 100 walkers and runners participated, and ATA raised over $18,000 for tinnitus research!

March 28 - 31: AudiologyNOW! 2012 Conference

AudiologyNOW! is the world's largest gathering of audiologists. This annual meeting provides participants the opportunity to attend four days of educational sessions, explore the latest in hearing technology and network with colleagues from around the world.

AudiologyNOW!, the American Academy of Audiology's annual meeting, is scheduled for March 28-31, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Boston Convention and Exhibiton Center (BCEC).

For more information visit Audiologynow.org.

April 2012

April 29 - May 3: World Congress of Audiology Meeting

The World Congress of Audiology is the biennial congress of the International Society of Audiology and is held in different regions of the world to discuss important issues in relation to audiology. The XXXI World Congress of Audiology which will be held in 2012 in Moscow, will be jointly organized by the International Society of Audiology (ISA) and Russian Society of Audiology.

Visit http://www.wca2012.ru/general/ for more information.

June 2012

June 13 - 16: 6th International TRI Conference on Tinnitus

Registration is open now at http://www.tri2012.org

The 6th Tinnitus Research Initiative (TRI) conference will be held from June 13th to 16th, 2012 in Bruges, Belgium by the multidisciplinary TRI Tinnitus Unit Antwerp, Belgium, part of Brain Research center Antwerp for Innovative and Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation (BRAI2N), Antwerp University Hospital & Antwerp University and the Tinnitus Research Initiative.

TRI 2012 is the premier venue for scientists and clinicians from around the world to discuss cutting‐edge research on tinnitus. Poster session will also cover unpublished preliminary or finalized data, novel ideas and techniques, with the added value that viewers can study and restudy your information and discuss it with you one on one.

Deadline for all submissions and proposals: April 1st, 2012 Abstract submission at http://www.tri2012.org

Exhibits related to the theory, practice and education of tinnitus and related techniques are invited.

Please request our exhibitor package for details. More details can be found at the conference website (http://www.tri2012.org/).

Contributors are encouraged to contact the conference coordinator at meetings@tinnitusresearch.org for further information.

June 16: Jack Vernon Walk to Silence Tinnitus

Join us in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, June 16, 2012 for the Jack Vernon Walk to Silence Tinnitus.

This annual event raises necessary funds where 100% of the proceeds are invested toward tinnitus research projects.

For more information, visit walk.ata.org.