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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Recruiting audiologists to EHDI through clinical rotations and externship' Track: Audience: Primary Audience: Other - EHDI coordinators Secondary Audience: Student Tertiary Audeince: Audiologist Keyword(s): Recruiting, students, externships, collaboration Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to establish a mutually beneficial relationship with Au.D. training programs to recruit audiologists to work in the EHDI system. Abstract: Audiology students may not be fully aware of the critical role of the audiologist in EHDI programs. With the focus of the audiology doctoral program centered around clinic based skills and training, an indepth understanding of EHDI processes and systems may not get the full attention it deserves. This presentation will describe one university's collaboration with a state EHDI program to expose Au.D. students to all of the various components of an effective program as well as the challenges and opportunities. A model curriculum will be outlined and discussed. Participants will be encouraged to consider similar arrangements with Au.D. training programs. Presentation(s): Not Available Handouts: Not Available
SPEAKER INFORMATION
PRESENTER(S): Randi Winston - NCHAM, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, The Arizona Department of Health Services      Credentials: Au.D, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Member ASHA, AAA, ArSHA       Randi Winston has been a consulting audiologist for The EAR Foundation of Arizona (EFAZ), the Arizona Department of Health Services and Arizona's State EHDI Program since 1998. Her role has primarily involved working with hospital based newborn hearing screening, early childhood hearing screening programs statewide. She continues to provide ongoing training and technical assistance with an emphasis on program quality. She serves on the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) Technical Assistance Network, assisting states in Region X in their EHDI efforts. Les Schmeltz - NCHAM      Credentials: Au.D., CCC-A       Dr. Schmeltz is an associate professor of audiology at A. T. Still University and Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention. He has served as Editor of the NCHAM E-Book since it's inception in 2010. He is a past-president of the Educational Audiology Association.   AUTHOR(S): Randi Winston - NCHAM, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, The Arizona Department of Health Services      Credentials: Au.D, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Member ASHA, AAA, ArSHA       BIO: Randi Winston has been a consulting audiologist for The EAR Foundation of Arizona (EFAZ), the Arizona Department of Health Services and Arizona's State EHDI Program since 1998. Her role has primarily involved working with hospital based newborn hearing screening, early childhood hearing screening programs statewide. She continues to provide ongoing training and technical assistance with an emphasis on program quality. She serves on the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) Technical Assistance Network, assisting states in Region X in their EHDI efforts. Les Schmeltz - NCHAM      Credentials: Au.D., CCC-A       BIO: Dr. Schmeltz is an associate professor of audiology at A. T. Still University and Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention. He has served as Editor of the NCHAM E-Book since it's inception in 2010. He is a past-president of the Educational Audiology Association.