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Title: 'You Think Your Cause is Worthy…Will They?' Track: 9-Policy, Advocacy, and Legislative Issues Keyword(s): policy, advocacy, research design Learning Objectives: Describe criteria for research that is designed adequately well to influence policy. Abstract: You care for the well-being of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. You work hard to convince policy-makers and policy-funders that these children should be identified at birth, that their ear gear should be covered by health insurance, and that they should receive expert therapy. When you advocate for your cause, does evidence exist to support it? Do published studies that appear to support your cause meet standards for adequate research design? If so, how can you make the evidence accessible and understandable to policy makers? If not, how should research be designed to determine whether your cause is worthy of support? Through the use of examples, this presentation will review past and recent wake-up calls that revealed a lack of published evidence to support legislative mandates for hearing care. Existing studies often used inadequate methods, numbers, controls, or analysis to convince increasingly savvy policy-making agencies, which are restricted by decreasing budgets. Such wake-up calls can instigate research to influence policy. Attendees will be encouraged to share their examples of advocacy goals, and examples of data requested by policy-makers in order to make decisions. Presentation: This presentation has not yet been uploaded or the speaker has opted not to make the presentation available online. Handouts: Handout is not Available
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PRESENTER(S): Marilyn Neault - Children's Hospital Boston      Credentials: PhD, CCC-A, Board Certified in Audiology      Other Affiliations: Harvard Medical School       Marilyn Neault, PhD is the Director of Habilitative Audiology at Children’s Hospital Boston and Assistant Professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School. She coordinates the audiology services for the Cochlear Implant Program at Children’s Hospital Boston. Marilyn has been working in pediatric audiology for over 30 years. She chairs the Cochlear Implant Specialty Certification Committee for the American Board of Audiology, and serves on the Pediatric Assessment Committee of the American Academy of Audiology. Her primary interest areas are cochlear implants and auditory neuropathy.   AUTHOR(S): Marilyn Neault - Children's Hospital Boston      Credentials: PhD, CCC-A, Board Certified in Audiology      Other Affiliations: Harvard Medical School       BIO: Marilyn Neault, PhD is the Director of Habilitative Audiology at Children’s Hospital Boston and Assistant Professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School. She coordinates the audiology services for the Cochlear Implant Program at Children’s Hospital Boston. Marilyn has been working in pediatric audiology for over 30 years. She chairs the Cochlear Implant Specialty Certification Committee for the American Board of Audiology, and serves on the Pediatric Assessment Committee of the American Academy of Audiology. Her primary interest areas are cochlear implants and auditory neuropathy.