Classroom Noise & Acoustics Briefing - May 15 on Capitol Hill

Classroom Noise & Acoustics Briefing
The Unseen Barrier to Learning

Sponsored by: The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Friday, May 15, 2009

2203 Rayburn House Office Building
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

10:00 am Welcome & opening remarks
Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Co-Chair, Congressional Hearing Health Caucus

10:10 am Panel Introduction by Arlene A. Pietranton, PhD, CAE, Executive Director of ASHA
1. Greg & Nicole Hubert, Naperville, Illinois (Parent & Child)
2. Marcus Adrian, AIA, Principal, Mackey Mitchell Architects, St. Louis, MO (Architect)
3. Dr. Ken Roy, Armstrong Worldwide Industries, Lancaster, PA (Acoustician)
4. Dr. Peggy Nelson, Audiologist, University of Minnesota
5. David M. Capozzi, Executive Director & Elizabeth Stewart Chairwoman of the Classroom Acoustics Committee, United States Access Board (Confirmed)

11:00 am Audience Q&A (Neil Snyder, ASHA)

11:30 am Adjournment

For more information, please contact:

Neil Snyder, Director of Federal Advocacy
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
444 North Capitol Street, N.W.
Suite 715
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-624-7750
Fax: 202-624-5955
http://www.asha.org/