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Controversial Issues in Pediatric Audiology

Thursday, March 26, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020

Conference Location:

Weill Cornell Medical College
Uris Auditorium
1300 York Avenue (@69th Street)
New York City

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Overview

Day 1 will focus on Auditory Therapy with an emphasis on Literacy. Presentations will focus on identity, culture, and modality of deaf children and their families, a new era of reading achievement for children with hearing loss who use listening and spoken language. Also covered will be developing a higher level of literacy for children with hearing loss and evaluation and treatment for children with single sided deafness.

Day 2 will focus on Audiology with presentations to cover topics such as the amplification & audiological management of CMV, single sided cochlear implants in children, pediatric fitting considerations for non-surgical transcutaneous bone conduction hearing devices, and advances in hearing assistive technology for HAs and CIs.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this course participants will be able to:
Summarize the possibilities and constraints offered by different social science concepts for thinking about deaf children and their families’ experiences
Identify strategies to address areas of challenge in reading for children with hearing loss including strategies to develop reading fluency
Summarize areas of strength and challenge in reading development for children with hearing loss who use listening and spoken language
Describe the “fourth grade reading problem” and discuss ways to avoid it
Describe the information required to fit transcutaneous bone conduction hearing devices (BCHD) to children
Explain how to isolate the implanted ear from normal hearing ear for auditory training
Describe current patient perceived benefits following cochlear implantation
Analyze the progression of hearing loss in various cases of congenital CMV
Discuss the importance of early identification of congenital CMV and the knowledge gained from early intervention outcomes
Single Sided Cis – Outcomes
Advances in Technology for HAs and Cis

Conference Chair: Audiology Day

Michelle Kraskin, Au.D. CCC-A
Weill Cornell Medicine
Assistant Director, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology

Presenters:

Marlene Bagatto, AuD, PhD
National Centre for Audiology and School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Western University London, Ontario Canada

Jenna-Leah Duffield, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Michele Friedner, PhD
University of Chicago
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Human Development

Maria Hartman, PhD
Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Lecturer, Practicum Coordinator
Department of Health and Behavior Studies

Meredith A. Holcomb, AuD, CCC-A
University of Miami
Director, Cochlear Implant Program
University of Miami
Ear Institute

Ken Kazahaya, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Otolaryngology

Heidi J. Leonard, AuD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Senior Audiologist and Pediatric Clinical Specialist

Lyn Robertson, PhD
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Education
Denison University

Elaine Smolen, MAT, LSLS Cert AVEd
Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Adjunct Instructor/PhD Candidate
Department of Health and Behavior Studies

Agenda

Day 1: Auditory Therapy Day – Thursday, March 26th
(0.60 ASHA CEUs)

8:15 am	REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
8:45 am	Welcome/Introduction
9:00 am	Deaf?: Thinking Beyond and Complicating the Concepts of Identity, Culture, and Modality – Michele Friedner, PhD
10:15 am	BREAK/EXHIBITS
10:45 am	Read Up: A New Era of Reading Achievement for Children with Hearing Loss who Use Listening and Spoken Language – Maria Hartman, PhD, Elaine Smolen, LSLS, CERT AVEd
12:15 pm	LUNCH/EXHIBITS
1:15 pm	Evaluation and Treatment for Children with Single Sided Deafness after Cochlear Implantation – Jenna-Leah Duffield, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert-AVT
2:30 pm	Developing Higher Level Literacy in Children with Hearing Loss-Lyn Robertson, PhD
4:00 pm	Speaker’s Panel/Question and Answers
4:30 pm	CONFERENCE ADJOURNS

Day 2: Audiology Day – Friday, March 27th
(0.60 ASHA CEUs)

8:15 am	REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
8:45 am	Welcome/Introduction
9:00 am	Pediatric Fitting Considerations for Non-Surgical Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Hearing Devices – Marlene Bagatto, PhD
10:15 am	BREAK/EXHIBITS
10:45 am	Presentation on Single Sided Deafness Surgical Outcomes – Ken Kazahaya, MD
12:00 pm	LUNCH/EXHIBITS
1:15 pm	Congenital CMV – Pediatric Case Studies – Heidi J. Leonard, AuD
2:30 pm	Advances in Hearing Assistive Technology for HAs and Cis – Meredith Holcomb, AuD
4:00 pm	CONFERENCE ADJOURNS

The Children’s Hearing Institute is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of 1.1 CEUs. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy’s Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.

Conference sponsored by The Children’s Hearing Institute

Note: Registration is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel, a credit in the amount of your registration fee will be given for you to take any other course offered by CHI and is good for 1 year from the date of cancellation.