Red Flags: Identifying Barriers to Optimal Auditory Development

Experience Overview

Today’s digital hearing aids with extended bandwidths can provide excellent access to speech and language for children with hearing loss.  In addition, cochlear implants provide significant benefit to appropriate candidates who do not have access to speech through hearing aids. The immediate benefit of digital hearing aids and/or cochlear implants can be so significant that any improvement is assumed to be sufficient, but is it optimal?  Why does the performance and progress of children with hearing aids and/or cochlear implants vary greatly? By observing children’s behaviors, listening carefully to their voices, and utilizing specific evaluations of audition and speech perception, parents and professionals can identify “red flags” indicating less than optimal performance. Course discussions will include how to recognize that a problem exists, to identify the source of the problem, and to determine how to rectify the problem.
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Experience Details

Dates

Live sessions are held on Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30pm ET

Learning Credits

This learning experience offers 6 CEUs from the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language® (pending)

Learning Level

Applying (Intermediate)

Experience Facilitator

Jane Madell PhD, FAAA, CCC-A/SLP, LSLS Cert AVT

Experience Facilitator

Joan Hewitt Au.D. FAAA, CCC-A, TOD

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Learning Objectives

  • Identify red flags in the development of auditory, speech and language skills and needed intervention
  • Analyze the red flags in order to differentiate developmental issues from therapy issues from technology issues which require audiological programming changes
  • Utilize performance measures to identify programming changes that will improve auditory access to speech

CEUs and Participating

Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) are offered for this learning experience. Although there’s no cost to you as a participant to register for this course or CEU credits, your full commitment to participate and engage in the learning is considered your contribution. Learn More

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