2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/18/2024 | 11:25 AM - 11:50 AM | “When you get the cochlear implant…” A Case Study | Capitol 3
“When you get the cochlear implant…” A Case Study
When a family is offered the choice for their child to receive a cochlear implant and begin the cochlear implant process, they are presented with a large amount of information and this can be very overwhelming. Families don’t always understand the expectations or criteria needed for a cochlear implant to be an option. As early interventionists, it is our role to support the family by providing education and encouraging advocacy skills so the family can make the right choice for them and their child. The words we use matter. Join us as we share and reflect on a case study about the missteps that occurred on a family’s cochlear implant journey as we teamed with other professionals.
- Reflect on a family’s recent experience with the cochlear implant candidacy process
- Identify assumptions that can arise for caregivers as they go through the cochlear implant candidacy process
- Determine actionable steps providers can take to better support families throughout the cochlear implant candidacy process
Presentation:
3478265_16245ColeRenn.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Amy Knackstedt
(Co-Presenter), Central Institute for the Deaf, aknackstedt@cid.edu;
Amy Knackstedt, MA, CED is the Knight Family Endowed Director of the Family Center at Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) in St. Louis, MO. She has 15 years of experience in deaf education. She joined CID in 2019 as a parent educator in the Joanne Parrish Knight Family Center and has been the director since 2021. Amy received her undergraduate degree in deaf education from Fontbonne University. She taught in first grade and preschool self-contained classrooms at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf before earning her master’s degree in early intervention in deaf education in 2012 from Fontbonne University. She then spent the next several years, providing early intervention and school-aged listening and spoken language services, via teleintervention, as a part of the iHear program in St. Louis. She holds professional certification from the Council on Education of the Deaf and is credentialed in Missouri and Illinois’ early intervention systems. Amy has presented at EHDI, the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing conference, and for IL’s early intervention professional development system. She also regularly guest lectures for Washington University’s Audiology and Communication Sciences program, providing the early intervention lens. Amy co-developed and presents a workshop, held at CID, centered around building caregiver capacity while coaching families. She currently serves on the Illinois Telehealth for Early Intervention Workgroup, Missouri Newborn Hearing Screening Standing Committee, Region 41 Birth to 5 Illinois Council, Fontbonne University’s IPEI2 Advisory Board, and an Illinois Child and Family Connections Leadership Team for CFC 21.
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Cole Renn
(Primary Presenter), Central Institute for the Deaf , crenn@cid.edu;
Cole Renn, EdD, CED, LSLS Cert. AVEd, is a parent educator in the Family Center at Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) in St. Louis, MO. She has 8 years of experience in deaf education and has taught in various OPTION schools around the country. Cole obtained her undergraduate degree in deaf education from Illinois State University in 2011. After teaching for three years at The Lexington Hearing and Speech Center and The Presbyterian Ear Institute, she went back to school and earned her master’s degree in early intervention in deaf education in 2017 from Fontbonne University. While in the Master’s program, she taught toddlers and preschoolers at The Moog Center. Upon completion of her degree, Cole began her work in early intervention at Listen and Talk. More recently, Cole successfully defended her dissertation titled, Caregiver Engagement: Does Provider Identity Matter? and earned her Educational Doctorate in Collaborative, High Impact Instruction.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.