The Pulse Tone October 2020

About Us

Welcome back to the PulseTone! This is the ninth installment of the New Professional’s e-newsletter.  You can find the previous installments here. We know you are busy and receive many emails so we promise to keep this short but informative.

Wait a second – who is ‘we’?

“We” is the New Professionals Committee.  We’ve been around for a few years now, and are tasked with identifying and promoting the needs of New Professionals within the Academy.  Communication is a two-way street, and we want to improve our connections with all of our fellow NPs.

Have Ya Heard?

• The Academy pivoted its annual conference to a virtual platform.  AAA 2021 Virtual offers two and a half days of educational content, networking, activities, gamification, and expo hall connections. Important dates to keep in mind:
  
  • Conference: April 14-16, 2021
  • Deadline for Abstract Submissions: November 16, 2020

The National Acoustics Laboratory (NAL) recently published hearing aid gain guidelines to help patients overcome the acoustic energy lost with wearing masks.

Need to Know

• Stay on top of the latest news and tips with the Academy’s COVID-19 Week in Review as we continue to work through the pandemic together.
• October is Audiology Awareness Month. How did you advocate for our profession? How do you plan to move our profession forward this year? Join the New Professionals in Audiology Group on Facebook and share your story and let others know how you are advocating.

New Professionals Spotlight

This is our continuing segment on highlighting new professionals and their career paths!  We’d like to introduce you to Skyler Barnes, AuD.

Do you have a new professional friend you would like to see us put in the spotlight next time?  Send us an e-mail with your suggestion.

Other News Bytes

Check out our News Bytes section of the New Professionals web page. We release periodic articles about topics of interest to NPs and beyond. If you have a topic you would like to see, let us know!

• Professional Networking Outside of Audiology
• Thinking About Thinking: Discussing Bias Within Audiology

That’s it! You made it to the end of this newsletter and hopefully you learned something useful. We would love to hear from you, please consider the following:

• Contact us
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• Visit the NP portion of the Academy website

We welcome your feedback! Please feel free to reach out.