The 2009 MSHA convention will be at the Holiday Inn Grand Montana Hotel and Convention Center at 5500 Midland Road in Billings on October 15-17, 2009.

Registration is closed for the convention.

  Download a PDF printable agenda for all attendees: click here

   Click here to download a registration form.

    Sign up for the convention and pay at the bottom of this page.

    Things to Remember:

• On Thursday, October 15,  the Silent Auction and Social will begin at 6:00 at the Holiday Inn in the Missouri Room.

• The business luncheon is on Friday, October 16,  from 12:00 to 1:30

• Strict attention will be made to the schedule: Please be on time.

• During the 2009 Fall Convention, the members will have the opportunity to vote on the amended By-laws. Please read (click here) and critique the proposed MSHA By-law changes and e-mail comments or concerns to Past-President, Valeria Schmauch (vasmttalk35@yahoo.com ) or President, Jennifer Pierce (cmatters@questoffice.net ) by October 1, 2009.
  
   

 This Year's Topics and Presenters:

  Speech Program

            Click here for speaker biographies, abstracts and learner outcomes

• Auditory Verbal Therapy/Cochlear Implants - Don Goldberg from Cleveland Clinic

• Executive Functioning -Jill Fahy from E. Illinois University

• Dysphagia topics-Jonalyn Brown - Evergreen Healthcare, Laurel; Crystal Pardy  - Billings Clinic
   

Training for Speech Pathology Aides

                Click here for speaker biographies, abstracts and learner outcomes.

• Developing Speech Sound Patterns and Articulation - Dr. Lucy Hart-Paulson

• " I have a goal, now what do I do in therapy?" - Christine Merriman, M.Sc., CCC

• Autism - Colleen Fay, MS

• Sign Language - Catherine "Kitty" Griffin, M.C.S.D., CCC-SLP
   

Audiologists - Topics for this year's convention

        Click here for speaker biographies, abstracts and learner outcomes

• Sudden Hearing Loss - Sr. Scott Price, ENT

• Newest features of Starkey S Series hearing instruments - Dr. Heather Parish

• "Excellence in your Practice"; "Myths" - Dr. Brian Taylor from Unitron

• Strategies and Decisions Making for Managing Patients with Tinnitus: A Clinical Pathway Model; Evoked Potentials: Maximizing Diagnostic Possibilities  - Dr. Sharon Sandridge

     
       Lodging:

To phone for reservations at the Holiday Inn, call 248-7701 and tell them you are with the Montana Speech and Hearing Association to get discounted pricing on your room. Rooms are $70 with 50 reserved for our use. Reservations need to be made prior to September 14th to get our discounted price. There are several other hotels within walking distance of the Holiday Inn including:

• The Clubhouse Inn @ 5610 S. Frontage Road – 248-9800

• Billings Hotel and Convention Center- 1223 Mullowney Ln – 248-7151

• Kelly Inn - 5425 Midland Rd. - 252-2700

• Motel 6 - 5400 Midland Rd - 252-0093

• Red Roof Inn - 5353 Midland Rd – 248-7551

MEA is in Billings on the same weekend so book early! Book now to get a room at our discounted price!