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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Consonant Development in Young Children with Hearing Loss' Track: 4 - Early Intervention Keyword(s): consonant development, speech delay, norms Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to describe consonant emergence in young children with hearing loss. Participants will be able to identify how severity of hearing loss impacts consonant emergence. Participants will be able to educate families and school professionals on the importance of continued monitoring for speech development in young children with hearing loss. Abstract: One goal of early intervention is to provide children with hearing loss the opportunity to achieve developmental milestones at appropriate ages. Speech development is one area that may be impacted by hearing loss and is addressed during intervention sessions. This study investigated consonant development in the spoken language of 269 children with hearing loss between 15 and 84 months of age. Children with mild, moderate, severe, and profound degrees of bilateral hearing loss, including those with cochlear implants, were evaluated through spontaneous speech samples. The data suggest that children with hearing loss develop phonemes in a similar pattern to children with typical hearing, although the rate of development is delayed for later-developing consonants, and the delay increases with degree of hearing loss. The results of this study can help parents and interventionists understand the typical timelines for speech development in children with hearing loss. Thus, it can serve as a useful guide to assist interventionists in developing speech production goals for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. If a child is not progressing towards the production targets that are appropriate for their degree of hearing loss, it may be indicative of other factors that may be affecting development. For example, the child may not be appropriately amplified, the hearing loss may have progressed, or additional disabilities may be influencing development. Furthermore, the interventionist may want to adjust their therapy strategies or discuss different techniques that the parents can use in the home to provide a more stimulating environment for speech development. Implications for IFSP to IEP transition will be discussed. 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
PRESENTER(S) / AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION
Mallene Wiggin - Primary Presenter,Author University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: M.A., CCC-SLP       Mallene Wiggin received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from University of the Pacific. She continued her studies at University of Kansas and earned her Master of Arts degree in Speech Pathology. Mallene specialized in children with hearing impairment and worked in cochlear implant centers, early intervention, and educational settings prior to returning to pursue her Ph.D. at University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research interests include speech, language and auditory development in young children with cochlear implants.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Allison Sedey - Co-Presenter,Author University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind       Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and research associate. She works for the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind tracking speech and language outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing between birth and 3 years of age throughout the state of Colorado. She is currently managing a project (NECAP) that involves establishing a national database of language outcomes for children with hearing loss from birth to 4. As part of this project she is assisting interested states in implementing statewide outcomes assessment.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano - Author University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-A, CED      Other Affiliations: Marion Downs Center, Institute of Cognitive Science       Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, faculty of the Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neurosciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado, Denver and the Marion Downs Center. In 1996 she developed the Marion Downs National Center. Since 1996, Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano has assisted many state departments of education and public health agencies, schools for the deaf and blind, and early intervention programs throughout the United States and its territories. In addition, she has served as a consultant for many countries currently developing their early hearing detection and intervention programs, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, Philippines, and South Africa.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Rebecca Nelson - Author The Children's Hospital      Credentials: Au.D.       Rebecca Nelson, Au.D., is an audiologist at The Children's Hospital. She has served as the hospital's newborn hearing screen program coordinator for approximately 1.5 years, where she has worked to improve newborn hearing screening processes and follow-up in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Rebecca is the Audiologist Regional Coordinator for seven hospitals in the Denver metro area.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial - Jamie Bogle - Author Mayo Clinic, Phoenix      Credentials: PhD       Jamie M. Bogle, Au.D., Ph.D., completed her doctoral training in 2010 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She recently joined the Division of Audiology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona as part of an interdisciplinary team established to evaluation patients with sports-related traumatic brain injury. Dr. Bogle is a certified audiologist who completed a research fellowship at Gallaudet University under the direction of Dr. R. Steven Ackley, as well as a two year postdoctoral fellowship in vestibular research at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville under the direction of Dr. David Zapala and Dr. Larry Lundy. Her research centers on developing sensitive vestibular tests for traumatic brain injury-related vestibular disorders as well as techniques to improved balance in these patients.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.