18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
3/10/2015 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Language Outcomes of Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Multi-State Perspective | Coe | 3
Language Outcomes of Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Multi-State Perspective
School-aged children with unilateral hearing loss are at three to five times higher risk for academic and/or speech-language delays when compared to hearing peers. It is unclear when these delays are first apparent or what factors are associated with an increased risk of delay. This information is critical to informing policy on early intervention service provision for these children. Currently, states vary greatly in terms of if and how they serve this population during the birth to 3 period.
In this presentation, we will begin by describing current early intervention models for children with unilateral hearing loss across the United States. The presentation will then focus on the demographic characteristics and language outcomes of children birth to 3 with unilateral hearing loss. In addition we will examine factors (such as amount/type of intervention, degree of hearing loss in the impaired ear, language of the home, and parents’ level of education) that are predictive of more successful language outcomes. This information will be based on over 250 assessments obtained from ten different states that are participating in the National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP).
- Describe intervention models for children with unilateral hearing loss across 10 different states
- Characterize the language outcomes of children with unilateral hearing loss
- List risk factors for language delay and factors associated with more successful language outcomes
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Presenters/Authors
Allison Sedey
(Primary Presenter,POC), University of Colorado-Boulder, Allison.Sedey@colorado.edu;
Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and researcher at the University of Colorado-Boulder and is the assessment and accountability coordinator for the Early Intervention Outreach Program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Dr. Sedey received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied language acquisition in children who are deaf/hard of hearing as well as in children who have Down syndrome. Since that time, she has served as the project coordinator on a variety of grant-funded research projects examining predictors of developmental outcomes in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dr. Sedey is currently the director of the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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• Receives Salary for Employment,Management position from Centers for Disease Control.
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Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
(Co-Presenter), University of Colorado-Boulder, Christie.Yoshi@colorado.edu;
Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science, Professor Emerita, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Centre for Deaf. She has over 125 published articles and chapters with a focus on universal newborn hearing screening and predictors of developmental outcomes of children with hearing loss with an emphasis on children and families from multicultural/linguistic backgrounds, and those with socio-economic and linguistic challenges. She presented on this topic throughout the United States and globally. She received Honors from the American Speech/Language & Hearing Association and was a Jerger Career Research Awardee from the American Academy of Audiology. She serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Audiology and is a member of the Audiology committee for the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP).
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Anna Clark
(Author), University of Colorado-Boulder, anna.clark@colorado.edu;
Anna Clark completed her Masters degrees in both Linguistics and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She has worked on research projects with children with hearing loss for 10 years and clinically with children and families affected by hearing loss for six years. She is currently an early intervention provider for the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP) and primarily serves Spanish-speaking families. Additionally, she is a research associate and instructor at the University of Colorado-Boulder investigating the development of speech and language of children with hearing loss and teaching undergraduate courses in speech disorders and in auditory rehabilitation.
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Mallene Wiggins
(Author), University of Colorado-Boulder, Mallene.Wiggins@colorado.edu;
Mallene Wiggins is a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado-Boulder in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. She currently works as a speech pathologist with young children who are deaf or hard of hearing and is a research assistant on NECAP, a project collecting language outcomes on young deaf and hard of hearing children across the United States.
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