2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
Experience of a Deaf Pediatrician Working with Families in a Deaf Medical Home
Dr. Robert Nutt is a pediatrician who cares for families in both a primary pediatrics clinic and a developmental-behavioral pediatrics specialty clinic. Dr. Nutt’s lifelong experience with bilateral hearing loss has made him a role model for his patients and their families. His proficiency in spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL) allow him to connect in unique ways with families and children. Dr. Nutt will reflect on his life experience as an individual with hearing loss and describe his experience caring for children and families through the differences between four permutations of parent-child dyads (Hearing/Deaf parents, Hearing/Deaf child). This session will provide unique insight into the complexities faced by parents and professionals providing primary care for families affected by hearing loss with an emphasis on interdisciplinary, child-centered decision making.
- Relate to the insights offered from a pediatrician with hearing loss
- Integrate strategies for early childhood development and decision-making from a pediatrician with hearing loss
- Describe the differences between four permutations of hearing-deaf parent-child dyad
Presenter: Robert C. Nutt
Dr. Robert Nutt graduated from Dartmouth College and received his medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He served on the Newborn Hearing Screening Task Force for the New Hampshire, helping to establish the universal newborn hearing screening program in that state. Dr. Nutt completed his Pediatric Residency training followed by clinical fellowships in Academic General Pediatrics and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Nutt has cared for families in both a primary pediatrics clinic and a developmental-behavioral pediatrics specialty clinic. He developed an ambulatory pediatric clinic that provides direct care to Deaf and hard of hearing patients and families as part of a Patient-Centered Medical Home at the University of Rochester. Dr. Nutt has been director of the Deaf Health Pathway at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, teaching medical students about caring for Deaf patients and other special populations. He serves on the Monroe County (NY) LEICC Task Force on Childhood Hearing and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Leadership Team for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention. His life-long personal experience with hearing loss and proficiency in spoken English and American Sign Language allow him to appreciate the importance of early childhood language acquisition.
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