Improving Communication Outcomes for Children With Hearing Aids
Improving Communication Outcomes for Children With Hearing Aids is organized by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Dates: 04/12/2019 to 04/12/2024
Accreditation:
ASHA CEUs: 0.2
PDH: 2.0
Description:
Early hearing detection and intervention programmes, such as universal newborn hearing screening, have improved the early detection of hearing loss, allowing children to undergo treatment at a young age. However, as these youngsters grow up, many of them continue to have major communication impairments. This didactic webinar will cover what audiologists and speech-language pathologists can do to help children with hearing aids achieve optimal communication results. The webinar will cover evidence-based audibility testing, monitoring and encouraging consistent hearing aid use, and recording techniques.
Contents:
• Introduction/Overview – 5 min.
• Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss (OCHL) Study – 4 min.
• Predictors of Outcomes: Duration Variables – 16 min.
• Predictors of Outcomes: Demographic Factors – 7 min.
• Predictors of Outcomes: Cumulative Auditory Experience (Audibility and Hearing Aid Use) – 41 min.
• Audiological Outcomes – 21 min.
• Auditory Development Questionnaires – 8 min.
• Questions & Answers – 15 min.
Learning Objectives:
You will be better able to:
• Implement a clinical methodology for measuring audibility in infants and children wearing hearing aids that is evidence-based
• Use speech recognition or auditory development questionnaires to track results and identify children at risk of communication impairments
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.