Aileen A Wong

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Journals/Publications

• Coco, L., Carvajal, S., Colina, S., Wong, A., Ingram, M., Marrone, N., & Piper, R. (2021). Prioritizing Community in Research Decision-Making Through Partnership. Innovation in Aging, 5(Supplement_1), 471-472. doi:10.1093/geroni/igab046.1824
• Colina, S., Carvajal, S., Wong, A., Marrone, N., Ingram, M., & Piper, R. (2020). Task Sharing in Hearing Care: Putting Principles Into Practice to Advance Access to Hearing Care. Innovation in Aging, 4(Supplement_1), 807-807. doi:10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2932
• Marrone, N. L., Wong, A. A., & Coco, L. (2019). Bolstering Access to Hearing Care for Older Hispanic Adults. The ASHA Leader, 24(Issue 3), 18-20. doi:https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.AEA.24032019.18
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  Audiologists collaborate with the community to develop a culturally relevant hearing health program.
• Suen, J. J., Bhatnagar, K., Emmett, S. D., Marrone, N., Kleindienst Robler, S., Swanepoel, D. W., Wong, A., & Nieman, C. L. (2019). Hearing care across the life course provided in the community. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(10), 681-690.
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  Untreated hearing loss is recognized as a growing global health priority because of its prevalence and harmful effects on health and well-being. Until recently, little progress had been made in expanding hearing care beyond traditional clinic-based models to incorporate public health approaches that increase accessibility to and affordability of hearing care. As demonstrated in numerous countries and for many health conditions, sharing health-care tasks with community health workers (CHWs) offers advantages as a complementary approach to expand health-service delivery and improve public health. This paper explores the possibilities of task shifting to provide hearing care across the life course by reviewing several ongoing projects in a variety of settings - Bangladesh, India, South Africa and the United States of America. The selected programmes train CHWs to provide a range of hearing-care services, from childhood hearing screening to management of age-related hearing loss. We discuss lessons learnt from these examples to inform best practices for task shifting within community-delivered hearing care. Preliminary evidence supports the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of hearing care delivered by CHWs in these varied settings. To make further progress, community-delivered hearing care must build on established models of CHWs and ensure adequate training and supervision, delineation of the scope of practice, supportive local and national legislation, incorporation of appropriate technology and analysis of programme costs and cost-effectiveness. In view of the growing evidence, community-delivered hearing care may now be a way forward to improve hearing health equity.
• Wong, A., Lee, J., Edwards, D. R., & Andrews, J. (2008). Contribution of onset/offset information of modulation to amplitude modulation depth discrimination.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), EL111-5. doi:10.1121/1.2895758
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  A previous study by [J. Lee, G. Long, and C. Jeung, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, S3332 (2006)] found that information at the onset or offset of modulation could be utilized for improved amplitude modulation (AM) depth discrimination in a continuous carrier condition (carrier presented 250 ms earlier and later than the modulator). In this study, the relative contribution of information at the onset or offset of the modulation was examined with an onset-fringe carrier condition (carrier begins 250 ms earlier than the modulator) and an offset-fringe condition (carrier ends 250 ms later than the modulator). The results suggest that modulation information at the onset might be utilized more than at the offset.

Presentations

• Marrone, N. L., Ingram, M., Wong, A. A., Piper, R., Colina, S., Carvajal, S. C., & Coco, L. (2021). Prioritizing community in research decision-making through partnership. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo.
• Rodriguez, B., Wong, A. A., McClure, L. A., Lee, D., & Marrone, N. L. (2019, November). Building Research Capacity, Mobilization and Engagement of Hispanic/Latinx over 50 with age-related hearing loss and over-the-counter (OTC) hearing devices in two states. APHA's 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo (Nov. 2 - Nov. 6) in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Public Health Association.
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  Table 1: Building Research Capacity, Mobilization and Engagement of Hispanic/Latinx over 50 with age-related hearing loss and over-the-counter (OTC) hearing devices in two statesBrendaly Rodriguez, MA, CPH1, Aileen Wong, AuD2, Laura A. McClure, MSPH3, David Lee, Ph.D.4 and Nicole Marrone, PhD, CCC-A2, (1)Opnia Health, Miami, FL, (2)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (3)University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, (4)University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
• Wong, A. A., Marrone, N. L., Esquivias, M., Frisby, M., Garivaldo, B., Hernandez, G., Ramirez, A., Griffin, S., & Tinder, D. (2019, 11/25/2019). Capacity-building Activities to Increase Diversity in SLHS. SLHS Colloquium. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona.
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  Discussed overarching theme: Increasing diversity in SLHS.Covered 4 topics: 1. HSI Fellows Program, 2. STEM in HSI Adaptive Case Study, 3. Creating New Student Clubs to Support Underrepresented Students, 4. Leadership and Diversity Independent Study Experience.
• Carvajal, S. C., Marrone, N. L., Colina, S., Wong, A. A., Piper, R., Ingram, M., Coco, L. S., Coco, L. S., Piper, R., Ingram, M., Wong, A. A., Colina, S., Marrone, N. L., & Carvajal, S. C. (2018, November 15). Community-based Hearing Loss Education and Support Groups for Older Hispanic/Latinx Adults. The Gerontological Society of America 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting. John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts: The Gerontological Society of America.
• Marrone, N. L., Barakat, F. R., & Wong, A. A. (2017, October). Group audiologic rehabilitation for adults with hearing loss and communication partners. Canadian Academy of Audiology. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Academy of Audiology.
• Marrone, N. L., Wong, A. A., & Barakat, F. R. (2017, October). The community-engaged audiologist: expanding our reach. Canadian Academy of Audiology. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Academy of Audiology.
• Muller, T. F., Marrone, N. L., Norrix, L. W., Le, G., & Wong, A. A. (2015, October). Toward an Affordable Hearing Aid Option for. Meeting of the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
• Adamovich, S. L., Hopwood, L., Le, G., Marrone, N. L., Muller, T. F., Norrix, L. W., Rubiano, V., & Wong, A. A. (2014, Fall (October)). The 2014 Arizona Affordable Hearing Aid Task Force. Hearing Assistive Devices. Tucson: University of Arizona, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.
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  Adamovich, S., Hopwood, L., Le, G., Marrone, N., Muller, T., Norrix, L., Rubiano, V., Wong, A. (2014, Oct. 3). The 2014 Arizona Affordable Hearing Aid Task Force. Podium presentation at the 2014 University of Arizona, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences “Hearing Assistive Devices” Conference, Tucson, AZ.

Poster Presentations

• Real-Arrayga, A., Marrone, N. L., Wong, A. A., Coco, L., & Le, G. (2018, August 2018). Hearing Healthcare Treatment: What Influences Adherence?. The Border Latino & American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER) Poster Session. University or Arizona: The Border Latino & American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER).
• Sanchez, A., Marrone, N. L., Ingram, M., Sanchez, D., Colina, S., De Zapien, J. G., Adamovich, S. L., & Carvajal, S. C. (2016, October). Family Perspectives on Hearing and Communication Among Mexican American Older Adults. World Congress of Audiology. Vancouver, Canada.
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  Sanchez, A., Marrone, N., Ingram, M., Sánchez, D.,Wong, A., Colina, S., de Zapien, J., Adamovich, S., &Carvajal, S. (September 2016) Family perspectives onhearing and communication among Mexican-Americanolder adults. Poster presented at the 33rd World Congressof Audiology. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Le, G., Marrone, N. L., Wong, A. A., Muller, T. F., Adamovich, S. L., Norrix, L. W., Hopwood, L., & Rubiano, V. (2015, March). Provider Perspectives on the Accessibility of Hearing Healthcare in Arizona. Meeting of the American Auditory Society. Phoenix, Arizona: American Auditory Society.

Others

• Muller, T. F., Marrone, N. L., Norrix, L. W., Le, G., Wong, A. A., & Adamovich, S. L. (2015, October). Toward an Affordable Hearing Aid Option for Adult Arizonans with Limited Income. Report Commissioned by and Presented to the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACDHH).