2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/18/2024 | 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM | Eyes Open, Ears On: Strategies to Improve Wear Time in Young Children with Hearing Technology | Mineral A
Eyes Open, Ears On: Strategies to Improve Wear Time in Young Children with Hearing Technology
Research has shown that hearing technology wear time (i.e., average hours a day that a child uses her/his cochlear implants, hearing aids, etc.) influences the listening and spoken language outcomes children achieve (Park et. al., 2019; Wolfe et. al., 2021). Eyes Open, Ears On (EOEO) is an inter-disciplinary program created to support families of children with hearing loss in the goal of achieving hearing technology use during all waking hours. The EOEO program contains five core components: 1. Setting wear time goals and accessing progress toward these goals., 2. Education of the benefits of full-time hearing technology use., 3. Solutions for full-time hearing technology retention and use., 4. Family coaching and support., 5. Continual assessment of a family’s needs and adjustment of services to meet those needs. Hearts for Hearing implemented this program in June 2021. This presentation will describe the EOEO program and its impact on hearing technology wear time in infants and children.
- Participants will identify the five components of Eyes Open, Ears On.
- Participants will name three strategies they can implement into their clinic as soon as possible.
- Participants will name two ways that social-emotional needs of the family tie into wear time.
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Darcy Stowe
(Primary Presenter), Hearts for Hearing, darcy.stowe@heartsforhearing.org;
Darcy L. Stowe is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (Cert AVT) at Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with 20 years of experience in working with children with hearing loss and their families. For many years, she served as the Chief of Listening and Spoken Language at Hearts for Hearing where she oversaw the clinical work of a team of dedicated Speech-Language Pathologists who were Listening and Spoken Language Specialists (LSLS) or were pursuing certification as a LSLS. Darcy enjoys teaching, coaching and mentoring in the field of Listening & Spoken Language. Currently, she serves as the Chief of Clinical Collaboration and Research at Hearts for Hearing – providing leadership in innovative areas of collaborative care and research for individuals with hearing loss.
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Chelsea Anderson
(Co-Author), Hearts for Hearing, chelsea.anderson@heartsforhearing.org;
Dr. Anderson is a speech-language pathologist pursuing Listening & Spoken Language Specialist certification. In addition to providing listening & spoken language therapy to children with hearing loss, she serves as the LSL Research Manager at Hearts for Hearing. Dr. Anderson has been a practicing SLP since 2015 and joined the Hearts for Hearing team in 2021.
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Carrie Neff
(Co-Author), Hearts for Hearing, carrie.neff@heartsforhearing.org;
Carrie Neff is the Patient Care Therapist at Hearts for Hearing. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor (LPC-S) and is endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Specialist. She is rostered in Child-Parent Psychotherapy and certified in the treatment modalities of Prent Child Interaction Therapy, Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-Up (infant), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is a facilitator for Circle of Security-Parenting group. She is also a member of the Oklahoma Association for Infant Mental Health. Prior to joining Hearts for Hearing, Carrie worked in Tulsa and the surrounding rural area for the past 8 years. She has worked in a variety of settings from offering mental health consultation in Early Childhood programs to providing community base counseling in the school setting to supporting families and children who have been exposed to domestic violence, trauma, and abuse.
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