{"id":85,"date":"2025-09-02T17:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deafhhtech.org\/sos\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-09-12T21:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:31:03","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.deafhhtech.org\/sos\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here are our schedule and keep in mind that all times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1: Tuesday, September 16, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong><\/td>Session Information<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 – 9:30 AM<\/td>Welcome Remarks<\/td><\/tr>
9:30 – 10:00 AM<\/td>D2:<\/strong> Yu-Hsiang Wu & Octav Chipara (remote)

Optimizing the Wireless Ecosystem for Hearing Aids<\/strong>

University of Iowa<\/td><\/tr>
10:00 – 10:15 AM<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/tr>
10:15 – 11:30 AM<\/td>Five Student presentations (15 minutes each)

Student Order:<\/strong> Faith Obafemi, Huong Nguyen, Jeremy Huang, Anya Turczyk, & Martina Ongbonya Ntino<\/td><\/tr>
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM<\/td>R1:<\/strong> Claire Bernstein & Diane Brewer (in-person)

Optimizing Speech Recognition and Cognitive Outcomes for Older Cochlear Implant Users with Auditory Brain Training<\/strong>

Deaf\/Hard of Hearing Technology Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center; Gallaudet University<\/td><\/tr>
12:00 – 1:00 PM<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr>
1:00 – 1:30 PM<\/td>R2:<\/strong> Phillip M. Gilley (remote)

Integrated Analytics for the Assessment and Management of Speech Sound Access for Children with Hearing Loss<\/strong>

University of Colorado<\/td><\/tr>
1:30 – 2:00 PM<\/td>Coffee Break and Activity: attendees write down key topics for future work (this will prime an activity on Day 2)<\/td><\/tr>
2:00 – 3:00 PM<\/td>Keynote:<\/strong> Achintya Bhowmik (remote)

Chief Technology Officer, Starkey Hearing
Stanford University<\/td><\/tr>
3:00 – 3:30 PM<\/td>D3:<\/strong> Peggy Nelson (remote)

Platform for Ecological Evaluation of Sensory Aids<\/strong>

University of Minnesota<\/td><\/tr>
3:30 – 4:00 PM<\/td>D1: <\/strong>Linda Kozma-Spytek & Victoria Lennon (remote)

Development of a Deaf\/Hard of Hearing Consumer and Technology Industry Alliance<\/strong>

Hearing Loss Association of America &
American Institutes for Research<\/td><\/tr>
4:00 PM<\/td>END<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2:<\/strong> Wednesday, September 17, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong><\/td>Session Information<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 – 10:00 AM<\/td>Keynote:<\/strong> Larry Goldberg (in-person)

Former Head of Accessibility at Yahoo!, WGBH, NCAM, and Verizon<\/td><\/tr>
10:00 – 10:15 AM<\/td>Coffee Break <\/td><\/tr>
10:15 – 11:00 AM<\/td>Two Student presentations (15 minutes each)

Student Order:<\/strong> Shela Atemnkeng & Jing Zhao<\/td><\/tr>
11:00 – 11:30 AM<\/td>R3:<\/strong> Christian Vogler, Paige DeVries, and Raja Kushalnagar (in-person)

Accessibility of Voice-Activated Interactive Personal Assistants<\/strong>

Gallaudet University<\/td><\/tr>
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM<\/td>Christian Vogler, Bernard Thompson, Raja Kushalnagar (in-person)

Caption Metrics<\/strong>

Gallaudet University<\/td><\/tr>
12:00 – 1:00 PM<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr>
1:00 – 1:30 PM<\/td>Two student presentations related to captioning work

Student Order:<\/strong> Stephanie Patterson
and Calu\u00e3 de Lacerda Pataca<\/td><\/tr>
1:30 – 2:00 PM<\/td>Matt Huenerfauth (remote)

Caption Display and UI\/UX<\/strong>

Rochester Institute of Technology<\/td><\/tr>
2:00 – 2:15 PM<\/td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/tr>
2:15 – 3:15 PM<\/td>Interactive activity:<\/strong> Where are we going from here? (based on topics posted from Day 1)<\/td><\/tr>
3:15 – 3:25 PM<\/td>Suzy Singleton

Federal Communications Commission Updates<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
3:25 – 4:00 PM<\/td>Final discussion\/Wrap-up<\/td><\/tr>
4:00 PM<\/td>END<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Student Presentations<\/strong>: (Author, Title)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jing Zhao “Pocket Robots for Social Play in Playgrounds with Mixed-Hearing Children”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shela Atemnkeng “Education and Workplace Training Accessibility in Extended Reality Environments”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith Obafemi “A Security and Privacy Review of Bluetooth-Enabled Hearing Aids”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calu\u00e3 de Lacerda Pataca “Adding Nuance: Emotion\u2011Aware, Flexible Captions for Speech Access”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anya Turczyk “Lived Experience: Bridging Educational Gaps with Modern Artificial Intelligence Technology”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie Patterson “Captions with Feeling: Using Haptic Feedback to Convey Emotions in Captioned Speech”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huong Nguyen “A Scoping Review of Video Captioning and Accessibility on Social Media Platforms”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Huang “Weaving Sound Information to Support Real-Time Sensemaking of Auditory Environments: Co-Designing with a DHH User”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martina Ongbonya Ntino “Evaluating the Accessibility of Inclusive Education for Deaf Students in South-South Nigeria: Policy Implementation Gaps and Prospects”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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