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is an assistant professor of audiology at Salus University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. She is also the manager of audiology at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware.

teens with hearing loss. Parents, on the other hand, get to this new chapter in their child’s life where their children are becoming more independent. Many parents, however, do not know how or what they need to do in order to support their children.” The overnight camp provides a chance for teens to meet other teenagers that have hearing loss and share [...] develop the SPEAK Program (Stark Project for Educating Audition in Kids). SPEAK is an auditory, oral preschool program to develop spoken language in young hearing-impaired children. Gail M. Whitelaw is an audiologist and Director of the Speech-Lanugage-Hearing Clinic at the Ohio State University. She is a past-President of both the American Academy of

We hope to see you there! Wednesday, 26 March 2014 My World: Addressing Tweens and Teenagers at the Clinic 2:30pm – 3:30pm Room 221C CEU: 0.1 Presenters: Eileen Rall, AuD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Ena Nielsen, PhD, Ida Institute Thursday, 27 March 2014 Empathy: How to Foster Person-Centered Practices in the Clinic 4:30pm – 5:30pm Room 221A

clinical audiology, Jessica Round explored whether Ida’s My World tool is needed in professional clinics as part of a pediatric rehabilitation program for hearing impaired children. In the study, Jessica interviewed 28 professionals, including audiologists, Teachers of the Deaf, and psychologists, along with five hearing impaired participants. A majority [...] majority of the 28 professionals who were interviewed,” states Jessica Round in the study. “The professionals were very embracing of a new method of counseling hearing-impaired children.” While some professionals doubted whether there would be adequate time to add My World to their current practice, a majority of the professional agreed that the child’s [...] important. All of the survey participants, for instance, thought that all hearing care professionals should be using the tool and that it should be used during annual reviews with children. Here are some quotes from the study participants: “I think it is very negative, but not surprising, that many audiologists worry about time. I think once they see the My

book was specifically created for children with social communication disorders, Ben Mann has found that the book can be valuable for all children visiting the hearing clinic. “As part of the research project, we conducted a study at local clinics to gauge the effectiveness of the book. We sent a copy to all children and asked parents to fill out a q [...] UK Audiologist Ben Mann has created a book to reduce the anxiety of children with social communication disorders when they visit a hearing clinic. Before establishing his own independent hearing clinic, Ben Mann had worked with children with hearing loss and complex issues at the NHS Clinic in Chelmsford, England. As his son was diagnosed with well [...] well-functioning autism at five years old, Ben was inspired to conduct a post-graduate course on children with complex needs. For his final project, he created a book to help children with social communication disorders deal with their anxiety when visiting the hearing clinic. “A lot of the kids that we see with social communication difficulties, such as

of Audiology Awareness Month in the United States, we are featuring stories of people who have raised awareness of hearing loss in their community. Every year, thousands of children, families, and young adults form teams and walk in their communities to celebrate hearing and increase public awareness of hearing loss. The Hearing Loss Association of America’s [...] importance of making the walk a family-friendly event. Hearing loss can affect people of all ages. For this reason, they made a concerted effort to invite and welcome families and children of all ages to participate. “It was great fun, and it was well worth all of the effort. The walk is more of a celebration of hearing, rather than emphasizing loss and sadness

development stages of children, but to also promote a healthy, steady psycho-social development in children. At the workshop, participants also explored how play can be an important vehicle for children to express themselves and learn. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano led a discussion of how we can broaden our approach to children and incorporate play to [...] care specialists can place more emphasis on the psycho-social development of children with hearing loss. Hearing loss in children can cause a delay in the development of receptive and expressive communication skills. Speech and language development delays can impact how children react in social situations and therefore inhibit their social and emotional [...] to better understand how children are managing their hearing loss. Psychologist Virginia Axline is one of the pioneers in the use of Play Therapy. She once remarked that toys can be likened to children’s words and play as their language. Before the introduction of advanced hearing aid technology, the only way children could communicate was through play

Published: 11-06-2013 17:31

Recommended reading On the impact of hearing loss on family Adult-children's perspectives on a parent's hearing impairment and its impact on their relationship and communication Preminger, J., Montano, J., Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, T. (2015). International Journal of Audiology. Vol 54, 10. 720-726. In it Together: The impact of hearing loss on personal rel

Published: 16-05-2013 11:59

how to use the My World tool with children. Birgitte Franck Birgitte Franck is a Speech Language Pathologist and Hearing Consultant. She has 41 years of experience working with hearing impaired children, 22 of which she spent working at an audiology clinic. Birgitte is particularly interested in how to help children with hearing loss learn how to speak [...] deaf and hard-of-hearing infants and children for over thirty years. Over the last 25 years, she has focused on the impact of early-identification and early intervention on the developmental outcomes of children with significant hearing loss. Eileen Rall Eileen Rall, AuD, has been an audiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) since [...] infants and children with hearing loss and auditory processing disorders. Jane Shann Jane Shann is an experienced teacher of the deaf who has had a hearing loss herself from birth. She has worked in both education and health care, and now runs The Phoenix Group for Deaf Children, which is a charity in the UK for deaf and hearing-impaired children and their

Published: 14-05-2013 18:28

Parents' perspective Below is a series of interviews with parents whose children failed the newborn hearing screening test. The interviews offer important insights into the parents' perspective, experiences, and needs when their child is first diagnosed with hearing loss. You can use these videos to reflect on the assistance you provide to parents in