Benefits of Hearing Assistive Technology for Infants and Young Children

Jace Wolfe, Ph.D., is the Chief of Audiology and Research at the Hearts for Hearing Foundation in Oklahoma City, OK. He is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Audiology Department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Salus University. He is currently a co-editor for the Plural Publishing, Inc. Core Clinical Concept Series on Cochlear Implants and serves on the Editorial Board of The Hearing Journal. Dr. Wolfe is a member of the Better Hearing Institute’s Pediatric Advisory Board and the Audiology Advisory Boards for Cochlear Americas, Advanced Bionics, and Phonak. His areas of interest both clinically and in a research capacity include, among others, pediatric amplification and cochlear implantation, personal remote microphone technology, and signal processing for children.

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Wolfe receives compensation as Chief of Audiology at Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City, OK. He receives compensation as an adjunct Assistant Professor at both the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Salus University. He receives compensation from Plural Publishing for his role as a co-editor, and receives compensation for serving on the advisory boards of both Cochlear Americas and Phonak. He is co-author of “Remote Microphone Systems and Communication Access for Children” in Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology, 2nd Edition, Plural Publishing, Inc. as well as “Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT) and Cochlear Implants” in Programming Cochlear Implants, 2nd Edition Plural Publishing, Inc. He also receives compensation from Hearing First for the facilitation of this course.

Non-financial Disclosures: Dr. Wolfe serves on the Editorial Board of the Hearing Journal and serves on the Pediatric Audiology Advisory Board for the Better Hearing Institute.

Sara Neumann, Au.D., is a clinical audiologist and the Manager of Audiology Research at Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She specializes in pediatric audiology and cochlear implants for children and adults and is responsible for conducting research studies evaluating clinically relevant outcomes with different hearing technologies in collaboration with Jace Wolfe, Ph.D. Studies include evaluating outcomes with pediatric hearing aid, cochlear implant and remote microphone technology, single sided deafness, and functional brain imaging for children with hearing loss using high density EEG and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). She has co-authored several articles and textbook chapters with Dr. Wolfe on pediatric amplification, implantable hearing devices, and cochlear implant programming and is an adjunct instructor at Salus University. She has a B.S. in Deaf Education from Northern Illinois University (2003), working as a deaf educator for six years in both a self-contained classroom and as an itinerant teacher. She also worked as a Developmental Therapist-Hearing for deaf and hard of hearing children ages 0-3 in Illinois prior to returning to school. She obtained her Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.) from Illinois State University in 2012 after completing her 4th year externship at Hearts for Hearing and has been at Hearts for Hearing as an audiologist since 2013 and as the Manager of Audiology Research since 2018.

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Neumann receives compensation as clinical audiologist and the Manager of Audiology Research at Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City, OK. She receives grants from Sonova and Cochlear. She receives compensation as an adjunct Instructor at Salus University. She also receives compensation from Hearing First for the facilitation of this course.

Non-financial Disclosures: Dr. Neumann doesn’t have any non-financial disclosures at this time.