2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
Hear to Learn: Parent Perspectives on Hearing Technology
The Hear to Learn website (www.heartolearn.org) provides parent and professional educational materials focused on listening and spoken language development for children birth to six years old who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). Parents have reported that they appreciate hearing what other parents have experienced and their perspectives, particularly when they are first learning how to manage their child’s hearing loss. Parents may feel alone during this process, and hearing from other parents can give them hope and answer some of the questions they may have. Based on this information, the first video in a series of Parent Perspectives videos has been created which focuses on parent perspectives regarding hearing technologies. The purpose of this resource is to help meet the needs of families and help professionals learn from parents’ perspectives to enhance their ability to practice family-centered care. Our “Parents’ Perspectives on Hearing Technologies” video allows parents and caregivers to learn directly from other parents in their position. Professionals accessing this video can learn commonalities their patients and their families experience when using hearing technologies. This awareness can be applied when training families on using hearing aids and other devices while enabling referrals to other videos on the Hear to Learn website.
- Provide information on an educational and informative resource for parents to relate with one another and aid practitioners in providing family-centered support for their patients.
- Present personal testimonies of parents of children with hearing loss’ perspectives to increase social support and reference recommendations.
- Enhance parent and patient relationships with their hearing technologies.
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Presenter: Samantha Snow
Samantha Snow is a Doctor of Audiology student at Idaho State University. She has her B.S. degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and an A.S. degree in Sign Language Studies. Samantha is a tutor and TA for her graduate program. Samantha is participating in the Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (URLEND)program. Her audiological interests are in the impacts of unilateral hearing loss, hearing disorders throughout the lifespan, ABRs, implantable devices, vestibular function and disorders, and professional education.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Gift for Other activities from Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (URLEND) .
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• Has a Bias (URLEND is an educational program for paritipcants to increase knowledge in regards to Neurodevelopmental and other disabilities. The platform is hosted through USU which hosts a listening and spoken language bias. )
relationship for Other volunteer activities.
Taylor Enochson is an Audiology doctoral student at the University of Utah. She is originally from Las Vegas, NV, and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Nevada in Reno, NV. Taylor's interests include hearing aids, cochlear implants, Auditory Processing Disorder, and working with both adult and pediatric populations. Taylor loves working with patients of all ages, getting to know them and their families, and working with them to achieve their communication goals.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Taylor King is an Occupational Therapy Doctoral student at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT. She was born and raised in Idaho and hopes to move back once finished with school to practice. Her interests include autism awareness, early intervention, as well as sensory processing disorder. Once licensed she has her heart set on working with the pediatric population and their families, which is also what drew her to apply for URLEND.
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Kali Markle is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Audiology and a Pediatric Audiologist who obtained her AuD at Indiana University. Her roles in the Sorenson Center are extensive. A majority of her time is spent in the clinic supervising graduate students and seeing patients in the Pediatric and Cochlear Implant Clinic. Kali provides diagnostic evaluations for children birth to 21 years of age, fits hearing aids, bone conduction devices, FM systems and works with cochlear implants. She also serves as the educational audiologist for USU’s Sound Beginnings, which is a Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Preschool. She collaborates often with the Speech and Language Clinic and serves as a provider with the Integrated Assessment (IA) team. Kali is passionate about the pediatric population and providing intervention and appropriate referrals. She strives to provide patient centered care (PCC) to all families while working collaboratively with other related fields.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Gabriel Anne Bargen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Idaho State University in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the Meridian Health Science Center. She also serves as the Interim Executive Director for the ISU Health Science Center in Meridian. She teaches courses at ISU, including pediatric audiology, auditory anatomy and physiology, and advance aural rehabilitation. Professional interests include pediatric audiology specifically diagnostic hearing assessment and treatment; assessing risks associated with hearing dysfunction in infants; clinical application of auditory brainstem response (ABR) for hearing screening in newborns, infants, and toddlers. Dr. Bargen’s current research focuses on evaluating risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss and finding ways to make resources accessible to all children who are hard of hearing or deaf in Idaho by connecting community entities across the state.
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• Receives Salary,Consulting fee,Grants for Employment from Idaho State University and URLEND.
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• Has a Professional (member of advisory board)
relationship for Board membership.
Karen Muñoz is department head and professor of audiology at Utah State University in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. She is also associate director of the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. Her research focus is in the area of childhood hearing loss.
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• Receives Grants for Other activities from Utah State University.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.