2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| Do the Characteristics of Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities Differ by Race/Ethnicity or Other Demographic Factors?
Do the Characteristics of Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities Differ by Race/Ethnicity or Other Demographic Factors?
According to ASHA, the prevalence of congenital hearing loss is 2 to 3/1000. There are numerous research studies/articles that analyze hearing loss, early intervention, and speech and language outcomes. However, there is a lack of evidence that evaluates hearing loss, additional disabilities, and other factors in children. Very little is known about the presence of additional disabilities among children identified through universal newborn hearing screening. This study proposes to investigate the proportion and type of children who are deaf or hard of hearing with additional disabilities from states who participated in the National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP) database. This study will provide an analysis of children with additional disabilities by gender, ethnicity/race, degree of hearing loss, type of hearing loss, unilateral versus bilateral, English versus Spanish speaking, and by maternal level of education. Parent report will be compared with developmental outcomes from the Child Development Inventory. Based on the results, recommendations will be made regarding proposed solutions.
- To evaluate hearing loss, additional disabilities, and other factors in children.
- To provide an analysis of children with additional disabilities by gender, ethnicity/race, degree of hearing loss, type of hearing loss, English versus Spanish speaking, and more.
- To purpose recommendations regarding proposed solutions.
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Aijiana Zanders
(Point of Contact,Primary Presenter,Author), University of Colorado Boulder, Aijiana.Zanders@colorado.edu;
Aijiana Zanders is a 3rd year Au.D. student at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her B.A. in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Linguistics from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2015. She is an audiology LEND fellow and a diversity LEND fellow at JFK Partners. Aijiana also works with the Children’s Auditory Perception Laboratory (CHAPL) of CU’s Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department under Dr. Angela Bonino. Aijiana is interested in all aspects of pediatric audiology, and is passionate about working with children and their families.
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Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
(Author), University of Colorado-Boulder, Christie.Yoshi@colorado.edu;
Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science, Professor Emerita, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Centre for Deaf. She has over 125 published articles and chapters with a focus on universal newborn hearing screening and predictors of developmental outcomes of children with hearing loss with an emphasis on children and families from multicultural/linguistic backgrounds, and those with socio-economic and linguistic challenges. She presented on this topic throughout the United States and globally. She received Honors from the American Speech/Language & Hearing Association and was a Jerger Career Research Awardee from the American Academy of Audiology. She serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Audiology and is a member of the Audiology committee for the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP).
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Sandra Gabbard
(Author), Marion Downs Center, sandra.gabbard@mariondowns.org;
Sandra Gabbard is an Associate Professor of Audiology at the University of Colorado where she is the Coordinator of the Pediatric Audiology LEND MCHB training grant, which supports AuD students and post-doctoral audiologists to expand their expertise in pediatric audiology. In addition, Sandra is the CEO/President and audiologist at the Marion Downs Center, a non-profit community clinic which provides services in audiology, speech therapy, and more.
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Kendra Huskey
(Author), University of Colorado, Boulder, kendra.huskey@colorado.edu;
Kendra Huskey is currently pursuing her Doctor of Audiology degree as a 3rd year graduate student at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She earned her Bachelor's of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Kendra is also a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellow with JFK Partners, and works with the Children’s Auditory Perception Laboratory (CHAPL) of CU’s Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department under Dr. Angela Bonino. Kendra is particularly interested in pediatrics, vestibular audiology, and working with the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Plus population.
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Angela Bonino
(Author), University of Colorado Boulder, Dept. of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, angela.bonino@colorado.edu;
Dr. Angela Yarnell Bonino is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Bonino's research is in the area of human auditory development. Dr. Bonino is also affiliated with the Colorado Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program. She completed her clinical training in audiology at Vanderbilt University, and her Ph.D. and postdoctoral training in auditory development at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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