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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Outcomes of Children with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss' Track: 3-Early Intervention and Beyond Audience: Primary Audience: Secondary Audience: Tertiary Audeince: Keyword(s): mild-to-severe hearing loss, outcomes Learning Objectives: 1.identify the specific population included in the study 2. describe the design and measures used in the study 3. describe trends in service provision and outcomes of children with hearing loss in this range Abstract: In 2008, the U.S. National Institutes for Health funded a five year, multi-center grant to study the moderators of outcomes of children with mild-to-severe hearing loss. Although the majority of children in the U.S. have hearing loss in this range, the requisite clinical studies needed to describe optimal intervention for this group of children have not been conducted. Much of what we know about children with mild-to-severe hearing loss is based upon research conducted 15-20 years ago, prior to implementation of newborn hearing screening, access to early intervention, and the technological advances found in current hearing aids. One of the largest known contributors to outcomes in children with hearing loss is reduced auditory /linguistic experience. Thus, the focus of the study is to examine variations in the delivery and effectiveness of early services including hearing aid fitting and use, and early intervention services. A comprehensive set of child outcome measures (e.g., speech perception and production, language, academic, psychosocial, cognitive) and family outcome measures (parenting, satisfaction with services, and quality of life) that support early development are being collected. Selected data including child measures, family measures, and information from service providers that has been collected in the first 12 months of testing will be be presented. Handouts: Handout is not Available
SPEAKER INFORMATION
PRESENTER(S): Lenore Holte - Univ of Iowa Communication Sciences and Disorders      Credentials: PhD CCC-A       Lenore Holte, PhD, CCC-A, is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Department of Pediatrics and serves as director of speech-language-pathology and audiology services at the Center for Disabilities and Development. She also provides audiological technical assistance to the Iowa Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program. Dr. Holte's professional background is primarily in pediatric audiology, newborn hearing screening and hearing assessment of individuals with disabilities. Her role in the OCHL study includes recruitment of families through cooperation with the Iowa EHDI team and development and conduct of test protocols Patricia Roush - University of North Carolina Hospitals, Department of Otolaryngology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina      Credentials: B.S. (Univ of Mass); M.A. (Univ of Iowa); Au.D. (Univ of Florida); Licensed audiologist (State of NC); Certified audiologist (CCCA)       Dr. Roush is Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, UNC School of Medicine, and Director of Pediatric Audiology at UNC Hospitals. Thomas Page - UNC-Chapel Hill      Credentials: M.S. CCC-SLP       Thomas Page is an examiner and coordinator for the NIH funded, multi-center longitudinal grant, Outcomes of School Age Children who are Hard of Hearing (OSACHH) study at UNC-Chapel Hill. Shana Jacobs - UNC - Chapel Hill      Credentials: AuD, CCCA      Other Affiliations: ASHA, AAA       Shana Jacobs, AuD, earned her doctorate in audiology at UNC in 2008. She is now a research audiologist at UNC on an NIH-funded investigation of outcomes in children with mild-severe hearing loss.   AUTHOR(S): Mary Pat Moeller - BTNRH      Credentials: Ph.D.       BIO: Bruce Tomblin - University of Iowa      Credentials: PhD CCC-SLP       BIO: J. Bruce Tomblin, PhD, Project Co-Director, leads the Child Language Research Center and is the DC Spriestersbach Distinguished Professor at the University of Iowa. His research and teaching are in developmental language disorders found in children with specific language impairment and hearing loss. He also directs the Iowa Pediatric Cochlear Implant Lab in the Department of Otolaryngology; this lab is concerned with perceptual, speech and language development following cochlear implantation. Much of this research has been supported by NIH research grants and contracts. Dr. Tomblin earned his doctoral degree in communicative disorders from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a fellow of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association and the Iowa Speech and Hearing Association. He holds a certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology from ASHA and is a licensed speech language pathologist in the state of Iowa. Ruth Bentler - Univ of Iowa Communication Sciences and Disorders      Credentials: PhD CCC-A       BIO: Ruth Bentler, PhD, joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1988, following fifteen years as a clinical audiologist and the completion of her doctoral degree at The University of Iowa. Her teaching and research involves clinical topics and issues, particularly in the area of hearing aids, due to significant technologic changes (in both software and hardware). Dr. Bentler and her students have spent considerable time and effort evaluating “high” technologies, focusing on directional and multi-microphone design efficacy, digital noise reduction effectiveness, and determination of individual factors that predict successful hearing aid use. She is a fellow of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology. She holds a certificate of clinical competence in audiology from ASHA and is a audiologist and hearing aid dispenser in the state of Iowa Patricia Roush - University of North Carolina Hospitals, Department of Otolaryngology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina      Credentials: B.S. (Univ of Mass); M.A. (Univ of Iowa); Au.D. (Univ of Florida); Licensed audiologist (State of NC); Certified audiologist (CCCA)       BIO: Dr. Roush is Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, UNC School of Medicine, and Director of Pediatric Audiology at UNC Hospitals.