CO: Denver Tinnitus Support Group Meeting (7:00 - 8:30 p.m.)

The Denver Tinnitus Support Group invites you to join them at their next meeting.

When:
Monday, June 11, 2012
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

*Note: this group typically meets on the second Monday evening of every month.

Where:
Lutheran Medical Center
8300 W. 38th
2nd Floor - Education Center, Classroom #3
Denver, CO 80033

Topic:
Anatomy and Physiology of the Hearing System and the Relationship to Tinnitus

Speaker:
Melinda C. Anderson, Ph.D. is a clinical audiologist with the Marion Downs Hearing Center at the University of Colorado Hospital. Dr. Anderson has been providing clinical, audiological and hearing aid services at the University of Colorado Hospital since February 2010. She has been conducting hearing aid and speech perception research at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 2004.

Dr. Anderson received her B.A. from University of Florida in 1999, her M.S. from Vanderbilt University in 2002, and her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 2010.  She is a member of the American Academy of Audiology, the American Speech Language Hearing Association, and the Colorado Academy of Audiology.

She has published and presented in the areas of hearing aid signal processing, sound quality perception, and the effects of aging on speech perception. Published manuscripts appear in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Ear and Hearing, European Journal of Applied Signal Processing (EURASIP), and the International Journal of Audiology.

Note from the Group Leader:
"Our support group offers encouragement, current information and coping techniques to tinnitus sufferers and their families. Meetings are open to the public and are free of charge."

For additional information or directions please contact Rich Marr at (303) 875-5762 or r.marr@comcast.net; or Charles Aune at (303) 796-8291 or ancaune@msn.com.

The American Tinnitus Association's Support Network consists of dedicated support group facilitators and help network volunteers across the country. These volunteers provide compassion, support, experience, and perspective, as well as valuable resources for treating your tinnitus. Please note that ATA offers Support Network information solely as an informational aid. Examine your personal needs and decide if participation in support activities could be meaningful for you. ATA makes no recommendations or representations as to the groups or individuals volunteering.

Please click here for more information on ATA's Support Network.If you are interested in starting a support group or becoming a help network volunteer, please contact Katie Fuller, Director of Support, at katie@ata.org.