2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
2/27/2017 | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Cochlear Implants and Bilingualism: A Realm of Possibilities | Hanover D
Cochlear Implants and Bilingualism: A Realm of Possibilities
Often, parents are advised that if a child is to receive a cochlear implant, it is not advisable to learn another language. However, the benefits of bilingualism for all children have been researched extensively and studies show that children exposed to more than one language have cognitive and academic advantages. This presentation reviews the data on cochlear implants and bilingualism as well highlights student perspectives on the benefits of being bilingual.
- understand the benefits of a bilingual brain
- review the literature regarding bilingualism and implants
- understand student perspectives on being bilingual
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Presenters/Authors
Laura T. Petersen
(), California Department of Education, ltpetersen@csdf-cde.ca.gov;
Laura T Petersen MA Ed, currently provides support to families in California with young Deaf/HH children in her position as Early Intervention Consultant with the California Department of Education. She has worked with families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children as a parent infant specialist, a behavior specialist, a home visit teacher and an Early Intervention Educational Consultant in both medical and educational environments. She supports families by helping them navigate the medical and educational interventions using research-based information regarding language acquisition and social-emotional development as they apply to the academic readiness of their children.
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Michele Berke
(), California School for the Deaf, mberke@csdf-cde.ca.gov;
Michele Berke has worked for over 30 years in programs within the Deaf community. Her experience includes management of a rest home for deaf and deaf-blind senior citizens, directing Gallaudet University's western regional office, coordinating a US Department of Education funded project to develop an ASL Assessment tool, and teaching college-level Linguistics of ASL courses.
Berke currently works at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont as Principal in the Early Childhood Education Department. Her doctoral studies in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado in Boulder focused on exploring the shared reading practices of Deaf and hearing mothers and their pre-school children.
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julie rems-smario
(), California Department of Education, jsmario@csdf-cde.ca.gov;
Dr. Julie Rems-Smario, Ed.D works as an Early Language and Education Consultant in California at CORE, California School for the Deaf, a program of State Special Schools and Services at the Department of Education. Julie's work includes working as a co-director of California's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, training Early Start professionals on how to develop language milestones goals for IFSP/IEP, supervising SB 210 data, developing resources for families of Deaf children, and providing technical assistance to Early Childhood Education professionals. During her free time, she volunteers as one of the Public Relations Director of a national campaign, Language Equality, and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K).
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