Thursday, September 5, 2013
Concurrent Sessions Three
10:45–11:45 AM
Conference Rooms Listed
Breakout Session 3-D
Shawnee A Raymond Hull, PhD—Wichita State University, Wichita, KS “I Can Hear You, But I Can’t Understand a Word You Are Saying”
Track 2
SUMMARY: This presentation is on the topic of the aging auditory system, and the aging auditory central nervous system, including the complexities involved in the processing, or understanding, of speech. This aspect of the presentation stresses that difficulties hearing and understanding what is being said may not simply be the result of a hearing loss, per se, but the difficulties most often go beyond that into the central nervous system—the system that processes what we hear so that we can understand/ comprehend what is being said. Also included in the presentation are reasons why we, as we age, have more difficulty hearing in certain environments than others, the fact that we live in a world of people who do not speak clearly and places that are not meant for communication—what speakers too often do to their speech that make it difficult to understand, and why many environments make it difficult for us to understand what is being said. Also included in the presentation are strategies that we can utilize to help those who have difficulty hearing that go beyond simply recommending hearing aids.
Track 2 Pioneer Room Breakout Session 3-E Kendall Krug, OD—Diplomate, American Board of Optometry, Hays, KS “What You Need to Knonw About Your Aging Eyes” OBJECTIVES: • Eye diseases causing impaired vision • Current medical treatments for eye disease • Low vision rehabilitation • New Lens and Surgery Options • State Resources for Visually impaired adults
Track 1
Breakout Session 3-F
Wheat Room L. Kurt Midyett, MD—St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, KS “Living with Diabetes” SUMMARY: This presentation will discuss the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and present information about the current treatment recommendations for the management of both types of diabetes. Additionally, a major focus of the discussion will be the importance of “self-management” of your diabetes.
2013 Kansas Conference on Aging, September 4 & 5, 2013
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