2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/20/2018 | 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Pre-Implant Habilitation: Determining Auditory Potential | Mineral F/G
Pre-Implant Habilitation: Determining Auditory Potential
Spoken language success for pre-verbal babies and toddlers with hearing loss depends on a variety of factors that are determined during a comprehensive assessment by a team of professionals. One crucial aspect of that assessment is to determine the baby/toddler's auditory potential with hearing technology, both audiometrically AND functionally. Because of time constraints in clinical settings, many audiologists will need to rely on reports of informal observations from the multidisciplinary team regarding early functional performance. In order to determine maximal auditory benefit from hearing aids, the intervention team must understand how to recognize if certain aspects of speech sounds (duration, intensity and pitch) are adequately perceived and then exchange pertinent information between each other in an objective and timely manner. This presentation is intended for audiologists, speech-language pathologists, auditory-verbal therapists, early interventionists and deaf educators who serve babies and toddlers with hearing loss and need to gather meaningful data during a comprehensive evaluation on hearing potential. Participants will observe critical auditory behaviors during informal test procedures and make judgements on the effectiveness of 2 subjects' hearing aids (1 infant and 1 toddler). Because preverbal infants and toddlers with hearing loss understand limited spoken language, intervention teams need meaningful ways to estimate a child’s hearing potential in a timely manner as the child is first learning to listen.
- Participants will be able to differentiate between detection and identification responses in pre-verbal infants and toddlers
- Participants will be able to list 3 observable indicators that a baby or toddler's hearing aids may not be sufficient for the development of spoken language
- Participants will be able to share crucial information with team members when determining the effectiveness of hearing aids relative to their impact on speech perception capabilities and speech-language learning risk
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Presenters/Authors
Michael Douglas
(), MEDEL Corporation, michael.douglas@medel.com;
Michael is a speech-language pathologist and a certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist. Michael has contributed to several peer review publications for children with hearing loss and has been an adjunct instructor for The University of Houston and Vanderbilt University. Currently, he lectures worldwide and is the consumer engagement program manager for MEDEL North America and Caribbean States.
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