2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/04/2019 | 3:35 PM - 4:05 PM | Making the Case: Following 1:3:6 for Children with Microtia/Atresia | Florence
Making the Case: Following 1:3:6 for Children with Microtia/Atresia
Under current JCIH recommendations, children with microtia/atresia should receive the same supports under the 1:3:6 guideline as children with sensorineural hearing loss. The reality is, though, that most do not. The reasons for this are varied and include state to state differences in EI eligibility regulations, coverage of bone conduction hearing aids on soft bands by insurance or EI programs, lack of research on the under 5 population, low incidence and therefore low experience of medical and intervention professionals, etc. This session will briefly review JCIH recommendations for children with conductive hearing loss and available research. The presenters will then review the protocol and approach taken by their Centers in supporting families, fitting amplification and providing intervention. Audiological data, baha use history, levels and types of Early Intervention services, results of standardized testing and parent survey results will be used to discuss outcomes. Finally, participants will discuss barriers in their communities to implementing this approach, or parts of it, in their community.
- Participants will review and identify how the JCIH position statement and recommendations apply to children with microtia/atresia.
- Participants will identify strategies for supporting families of children with microtia/atresia.
- Participants will be able to identify treatment options and school-based implications in the microtia/atresia population
Presentation:
18878_10332MichelleKraskin.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
18878_10332MeredithBerger.docx
Presenters/Authors
Meredith Berger
(), Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, mberger@clarkeschools.org;
Meredith Berger, MS became the director of Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech/New York, an Early Intervention and Preschool listening spoken language program, in 2008. Prior to that, she was the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Educational Specialist at New York Eye and Ear’s Ear Institute/Cochlear Implant Center. She received a B.S. in Education from SUNY at Buffalo State College and master’s degrees in Deaf Education and in Educational Leadership from Canisius College. In addition to presenting on the educational needs of children with hearing loss, she has also co-authored pieces on the Clinic-School relationship. Meredith is on the Executive Board of Option Schools as a Director at Large and is member of the Children's Hearing Institute Medical and Educational Advisory Board. In 2017, Meredith began her doctoral studies at Teachers College, Columbia University to find answers to her own questions on the needs/outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, particularly those with microtia/atresia, and their families.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech.
Nonfinancial -
• Has a Professional (advisory committee member)
relationship for Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels.
• Has a Professional (board member)
relationship for Board membership.
• Has a Personal (parent of a child with microtia/atresia)
relationship for Other volunteer activities.
Michelle Kraskin
(), Hearing & Speech Department, mlk2003@med.cornell.edu;
Dr. Michelle Kraskin, Assistant Director of Hearing & Speech at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital. She received her Au.D. in Audiology from CUNY Graduate Center, her MS degree from CUNY Hunter, and is certified in Audiology (CCC-A) through the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Kraskin is responsible for the coordination of audiology & infant screening services as part of the Hearing & and Speech Department. Her clinical expertise is in the area of pediatric assessment of hearing including audiometry, auditory brainstem response (ABR), and otoacoustic emissions (OAE) testing with particular interest in late identification of hearing loss, cochlear implants and hearing aids. Her service to ASHA includes: past member of the ASHA Leadership Program, Member of Special Interest Group 9 (Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood), and participation on the convention planning committee.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Nonfinancial -