Cynthia Carlin - Co-Presenter
Idaho EHDI program
Credentials: BS, EHDI program coordinator
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Cynthia has worked with the Idaho Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program since arriving in Boise in 2001. She has been the Program Coordinator for Idaho Sound Beginnings since 2005. In addition to grant writing she organizes trainings, supports screening sites, develops and maintains relationships with stakeholders including the Part C Program, the Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind, WIC, and audiologists, oversees program data and the data system, identifies target populations, and whatever else is required at any given time.
She graduated with a degree in Biology and Life Science, and later added a secondary education certification which proved to be a good background for the development of outreach materials, trainings, work plans, and presentations. She has personal experience with special needs children and a beautiful premature medically fragile granddaughter who first introduced her into the world of Early Intervention.
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Susan Wiley - POC,Co-Presenter,Author
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Credentials: M.D., Developmental Pediatrician, Professor
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Dr. Susan Wiley is a developmental pediatrician with expertise in children who are deaf/hard of hearing. She has many years of experience serving children with multiple disabilities. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Andrea Amestoy - Co-Presenter
Idaho Sound Beginnings
Credentials: Registered Nurse, Idaho Sound Beginnings Parent Outreach Consultant
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Andrea has worked as a pediatric and NICU registered nurse and currently teaches birth and parenting classes. In addition, she has worked for the school district as a teacher/registered nurse in the Health Professions Program.
She graduated cum Laude in 2000 with a BS in Health Science and an AS in nursing. Andrea has been the parent outreach consultant for Idaho Sound Beginnings for the past 7 years. She began soon after her second child was diagnosed with hearing loss at 4 weeks of age. She assists the program with the development of educational materials, offering the dual perspectives of a parent and a medical professional.
Andrea is the parent of 3 children, 2 diagnosed with Usher Syndrome Type IIc. She is currently working on her Master's in Special Education with a teaching certificate to become a TVI (teacher of the visually impaired) through Texas Tech University. |
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Meghan Guinnee - POC,Co-Presenter,Author
NICHQ
Credentials: PhD
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Meghan is a Project Director with NICHQ (National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality). She has served as Project Director on a number of Collaboratives aiming to improve access to quality healthcare and education for young children. She is the Project Director for the NICHQ/HRSA newborn hearing Collaboratives (Improving Hearing Screening and Intervention Systems Collaboratives), which work with state EHDI systems to improve follow-up and access to services for young children with hearing loss. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Tara Carroll - Co-Presenter
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Credentials: MCD, CCC/A
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Tara Carroll received a BA in Communication Disorders with a minor is Psychology from LSU in Baton Rouge in 1993 and a Master of Communication Disorders in Audiology from LSUMC in New Orleans in 1995. She worked as a clinical audiologist for 10 years in a variety of settings to include non-profit centers and an ENT office prior to taking the role of EHDI Director for South Carolina. She has served as the EHDI Director and State Audiology Consultant for the past 10 years. She also is active in her SCAA chapter currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer serves on the Board of Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies (DSHPSHWA). She has previously served on the Board of the SC AG Bell chapter. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Reena Kothari - Co-Presenter
Ohio Department of Health
Credentials: Au.D., F-AAA
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Reena Kothari, Au.D. is currently a Public Health Audiology Consultant for The Ohio Department of Health in the Infant Hearing Program and the newborn hearing screening contact. Reena has spoken both nationally and statewide about Ohio’s EHDI program. She has developed many public awareness materials in several formats for the Ohio Department of Health’s Infant Hearing Program. Reena was the team lead for the National Initiative on Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) and is a member of several committees in Ohio. Her previous experience includes newborn hearing screening, clinical and dispensing services for adults and pediatrics. Reena has a strong background in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) and is interested in continuous quality improvement for successful outcomes for children identified with hearing loss and deafness. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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