EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
Supports and Resources for Implementing Pediatric Tele-Audiology
The implementation of telehealth has increased during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic so resulting in a wide variety of health services being provided while maintaining social and physical distancing. Although tele-audiology has been in existence for more than a decade, there is currently a renewed interest by audiologists to adopt tele-health strategies for audiologic assessments and services.
The National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) has initiated a tele-audiology project with the goal of increasing the number of audiology facilities that conduct pediatric audiologic assessments and services remotely.
This workshop will present the historical background of tele-audiology, an overview of the NCHAM tele-audiology project, the results from surveys of use of tele-audiology in pediatric audiology facilities, and strategies to support adoption and provision of tele-audiology. Resources developed for the project will be previewed: Tele-Audiology Guide, Learning Community, and a Facebook group. The progress of audiology facilities’ adoption and implementation of tele-audiology practices will also be presented.
Lessons from the field will be included in the presentation with tele-audiology projects at the University of South Dakota and Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, being included.
- List types of assessments and services that can be performed via tele-audiology
- Identify the factors to be considered to plan and implement tele-audiology
- Locate tele-audiology resources
Poster:
23278_13557JeffHoffman_v2.pdf
Presenter: Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman currently manages the Tele-Audiology project with the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) at Utah State University. Jeff was the Outreach Coordinator with the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO) Initiative at NCHAM for seven years and an EHDI Network Consultant for NCHAM for two years. He also served as the program manager for the Nebraska Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program for six years. Jeff is the chair of the Hardin County (Iowa) Board of Health. He has served on the board of the Dimensions Educational Research Foundation since 2002 and was chair from 2006-2012. He also served as president of the Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs for State Health and Welfare Agencies in 2008.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Consulting fee for Consulting from NCHAM, Utah State University.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Jessica J. Messersmith is the Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, and the Faculty Athletics Representative for the University of South Dakota. Her research focuses on clinical practices that hinder or improve outcomes of pediatric patients in the audiology clinic with a specific focus on cochlear implants and infant hearing detection and intervention. Through her clinical, research, and teaching duties she continually strives to improve access to care for pediatric patients in underserved, rural, and impoverished areas.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Julie Purdy has been a part of the Audiology team at Rady Children’s Hospital since 2007. She became the manager of audiology in 2014. She earned a doctorate of philosophy at the University of Utah in 1990, specializing in multicultural audiology and aging. She earned her masters of science in 1985 and her bachelors of arts in 1983, both in communication disorders from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Julie holds a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and is licensed by the state of California.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Stephanie Johnson is a second-year graduate student pursuing an AuD degree at Utah State University. Stephanie received her undergraduate education at the University of North Dakota where she earned a B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Stephanie is a graduate research assistant involved in the implementation and ongoing engagement of NCHAM’s Tele-Audiology project. She is also a research assistant in the Aural Rehabilitation Lab at USU, and she has taken part in multiple experimental speech comprehension research projects thus far. Stephanie’s primary graduate research project is analyzing the influences of working memory capacity on story comprehension in adults.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.