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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Therapy Strategies for Families: Helping Your Child Learn to Listen' Track: 3-Early Intervention and Beyond Audience: Primary Audience: Family of a child with hearing loss Secondary Audience: Early Intervention Provider Tertiary Audeince: Audiologist Keyword(s): family, therapy, speech pathologist, infants Learning Objectives: Describe 5 strategies for helping infants and toddlers with hearing loss maximize their listening skills. Abstract: For many families, one of the most exciting outcomes of early identification and treatment of hearing loss is the increased potential for their child’s development of spoken language skills to levels comparable to those of their hearing peers. In this workshop, speech pathologists from the Carle Foundation Expanding Children’s Hearing Opportunities (ECHO) Program will provide professionals and families with auditory-based strategies for helping their infant or young toddler with hearing aid(s) and/or cochlear implant(s) establish a solid foundation of listening skills that will help them become more incidental learners of spoken language. Videotaped examples will highlight families and therapists using these approaches. Strategies can be used by families who sign or cue as well as families using auditory-oral communication. Presentation(s): Not Available Handouts: Not Available
SPEAKER INFORMATION
PRESENTER(S): Holly Riegel - Carle Foundation Hospital      Credentials: MS, CCC-SLP IL Early Intervention Specialist       Holly Riegel is a speech language pathologist who joined the Carle Foundation Expanding Children’s Hearing Opportunities (ECHO) Program in 2007. She graduated from Elmhurst College with a bachelor of arts in Speech-Language Pathology. She graduated from Nazareth College and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York with a master of science in Speech Language Pathology and certification in the Specialty Preparation Program for Speech-Language Pathologists to Work with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children and Youth. Mary Willis - Carle Foundation Hospital      Credentials: M.S. CCC-SLP IL Early Intervention Evaluator       Mary Willis, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist – Mary obtained her bachelor’s degree in speech and hearing sciences from Bradley University in 1982 and her master’s degree in speech-language pathology from Florida State University in 1984. Mary has specialized in services for children with hearing loss since 1986; she joined ECHO in 1996. Brittney Wetherell - Carle Foundation Hospital      Credentials: MS, CCC-SLP IL Early Intervention Specialist       Brittney Wetherell is a speech language pathologist who joined the Carle Foundation Expanding Children’s Hearing Opportunities (ECHO) Program in 2007 after completing an internship there. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University with both a bachelor of science and a master of science in Communication Disorders and Sciences. In graduate school, Brittney completed a thesis on “Language-Based Spelling Instruction for Children Who Are Hard of Hearing,” and presented her findings at the 2006 ISHA Convention and the 2006 ASHA Convention.   AUTHOR(S):