2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
10/25/2016 | 8:40 AM - 9:45 AM | Audiological Pediatric Screening in Underserved Communities in Puerto Rico | BGPOP Building 4A/B/C
Audiological Pediatric Screening in Underserved Communities in Puerto Rico
This presentation discusses the value of a partnership between a non-profit organization and an academic program preparing doctors in Audiology to develop a country wide screening program for children of underserved communities. The epidemiologic as well as the clinical implications of this service model as an entry level auditory and balance health delivery system are analyzed.
- Demonstrate the value of hearing and balance screening in the preschoolar and schoolar population
- Understanding the utility of audiological screening in developing a prevalence map
- Analisis of Follow-up strattegies for the children identified as at risk for balance and hearing disorders
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Wanda Lugo Velez, Au.D
(), UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, wanda.lugo4@upr.edu;
Doctor Lugo is a professor and the Clinical Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Audiology at the Medical Sciences Campus Of the University of Puerto Rico. She is a member of the Licensing Board of the Puerto Rico Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and of the Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening of the Commonwealth of PR. Doctor Lugo also served as the Secretary of the PR Academy of Audiology as well as in other professional committees.
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Soami Santiago De Snyder, Ph.D
(), UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, soami.santiago@upr.edu;
The presenter has been an academician for 23 years. Most of her work has been associated to the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. Is a member of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Board of the Common Wealth of Puerto Rico. Served also in the American Academy of Audiology Multicultural Committee and was president of the PR Academy of Audiology as well as member of other national and international committes. Presently is a technical advisor in hearing health to Head Start programs in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands and colaborates with the Ronald Mac Donald Foundation. Areas of interest are balance disoders, APD and the effects of Sistemic Diseases in both the Auditory and the Balance systems. Currently Dr. Santiago de Snyder is the president of the Puerto Rican Organization of professionals in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (OPPHLA).
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