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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'SoundScape- Interactive Online Listening Activities'
Track: 3 - Language Acquisition and Development
Keyword(s): aural rehabiliation, technology, games, online
Learning Objectives:
  1. Participant will be able to navigate website to find online games
  2. Participant will identify age group for corresponding online language games
  3. Participant will brainstorm carryover language activities that can be used apart from the technology drive listening and language games.

Abstract:
Technology and online games are more commonly used in therapy settings both in home and in school. MED-EL Corporation offers a free of charge, fun and interactive set of online games through their website. These games are appropriate for a variety of ages and hearing loss. In this presentation, participants will not only learn about these games, but also work collaboratively with the group to create and discover how these online tools can bridge positive and consistent listening and language skills beyond the use of computers and tablets.
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PRESENTER(S) / AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION
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      ASHA DISCLOSURE:

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Lyra Repplinger - Primary Presenter
MED-EL
     Credentials: MS Deaf Education
     Other Affiliations: Consumer Outreach Manager, MW Region MED-EL
      Lyra Repplinger, M.S., received her Bachelors Degree in Communication Sciences from Augustana College and her Masters in Deaf Education from Illinois State University. Lyra is a teacher of the deaf who specialized in the birth to three population for over 10 years. She was the Early Intervention Coordinator of Child’s Voice School from 2003-2008 and the Co-Director of the Cochlear Implant Program at the University of Chicago from 2008-2011. She began her position as a Consumer Outreach Manager with MED-EL Corporation in 2013.
      ASHA DISCLOSURE:

Financial - Receives Salary for Employment from MED-EL corporation.  

Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.