18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
4/15/2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Pitfalls in Pediatric Audiology | Cira A | 2
Pitfalls in Pediatric Audiology
Pediatric audiology assessments that incorporate shortcuts and include assumptions based on limited information may lead to delays in diagnosis, inappropriate intervention, and have legal implications for the examiner. Additionally, parents are often confused by information that does not coincide with their observations of their child. Further, when this scenario results in multiple examiners seeing the child, professional integrity is questioned. This presentation will incorporate case study examples and provide suggestions for efficient audiological assessment of infants and young children. Position statements will be examined and checklists will be reviewed for incorporation into busy clinical practices.
- describe common pediatric diagnostic audiology pitfalls
- list benefits of following published guidelines
- apply information to improve pediatric audiology protocol
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Presenters/Authors
Faye McCollister
(POC,Co-Presenter), NCHAM, fmc901@earthlink.net;
Faye P. McCollister, EdD, CCC-A, has authored articles on hearing loss associated with congenital cytomegalovirus, low birth weight, unilateral hearing loss, and Downs Syndrome. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama. She is an audiology consultant for the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management Technical Assistance Network and for the UAB collaborative studies regarding congenital CMV and hearing loss. Dr. McCollister has extensive pediatric audiology experience and experience in early intervention with families and their infants and young children with hearing loss.
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Diane Sabo
(Co-Presenter), NCHAM, dsabo@audiologysystems.com;
Dr. Sabo serves in a position at Otometrics/Audiology Systems that was formed two years ago to analyze and develop markets for hearing assessment and screening products Previously, she has had over 25 years of clinical work with infants and children, particularly in the area of the electrophysiologic evaluation of the auditory system, including both screening and diagnostics. Her research interest is in the area of the physiologic evaluation of infants and children using evoked potentials and otoacoustic emissions with special emphasis on the screening of newborns for hearing loss. Additionally, Dr. Sabo has held various managerial positions at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, including Coordinator of the Auditory Evoked Potentials and Newborn Hearing Screening Programs and ultimately as Director of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. As Director, the following were the major responsibilities
o Oversight of all administrative, service delivery, education and research activities within the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
o Responsible for the day-to-day administrative and clinical activities within the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
o Hiring and performance evaluations of staff members in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology—86 employees
o Responsible for establishing productivity standards, preparing budgets and tracking of revenues and expenses throughout a given budget year with an operating budget of over $4.7 million and revenues of approximately $21 million.
Dr. Sabo has had numerous publications and presentations and continues to serve on committees for national association and consults for several NIH grants on cytomegalovirus (CMV), a major cause of hearing loss in infants and children
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