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'Using the BRIDGE to Better Communication for Early Intervention' |
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auditory rehab early intervention resources |
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- Explain the stages of auditory development
- Discuss the stages of preverbal development
- Identify ways to increase musicality in the 0-3 population
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MED-EL has many wonderful resources for auditory habilitation for children ages birth-3, many of which are appropriate for either HA kids or CI kids. In this workshop, MED-EL's Bridge to Better Communication tools for early intervention will be analyzed/discussed, including the Parent Guide, Little Listeners and Music & Young Children, among others. This is a hands-on workshop for using these tools where we will discuss the application of these tools and role-play. |
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Christine Pett - Primary Presenter,POC
MED-EL
Credentials: MS Speech & Hearing, Teacher of the Deaf
Other Affiliations: MED-EL Senior Consumer Outreach Manager
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Christine Pett, M.S. Speech & Hearing, is a certified Deaf Educator who has previously taught listening and spoken language to deaf and hard of hearing children (Age 2-12) at Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, MO, Desert Voices in Phoenix, AZ, and in the public schools. Christine became a Consumer Outreach Manager for MED-EL in 2010. She travels extensively to support educators, speech-language pathologists, educational audiologists, parents of deaf children and consumers. Christine educates others on MED-EL’s cochlear implant technology as well as MED-EL’s many educational and aural rehab support services. She is the mother of a (grown) son who has been wearing a cochlear implant for 15 years. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Receives Salary for Employment from MED-EL Corporation.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Lyra Repplinger - Co-Presenter
MED-EL
Credentials: MS Deaf Education
Other Affiliations: Consumer Outreach Manager, MW Region
MED-EL
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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. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Receives Salary for Employment from MED-EL Corporation.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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