2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
Barriers to Audiologic Care in South Dakota: 5 Years After Teleaudiology
300
- The participant will be able to identify barriers to audiologic care in a rural state.
- The participant will be able to identify how teleaudiology services are able to address and reduce barriers to audiologic care in a rural state.
- The participant will be able to identify and describe the utility of teleaudiology for infant hearing assessment.
Poster:
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Presenter: Callie Niemann
Callie Niemann, BS, is a third year Doctor of Audiology student at the University of South Dakota. She received her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2020. She currently serves as the SD Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) graduate research assistant through a Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) grant.
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• Receives Other financial benefit for Other activities from Graduate assistant at the University of South Dakota funded through HRSA Grant.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Shelby Hintze Jepperson currently serves as faculty for the University of South Dakota, School of Health Sciences, Master of Public Health program. She has a Master of Public Health degree and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Health Sciences with an interest in maternal child health and rural health. She has worked on South Dakota EHDI projects as part of the SD EHDI Collaborative since May of 2017, and currently serves as the Project Director of the HRSA EHDI grant.
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Jessica J. Messersmith is the Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, and the Faculty Athletics Representative for the University of South Dakota. Her research focuses on clinical practices that hinder or improve outcomes of pediatric patients in the audiology clinic with a specific focus on cochlear implants and infant hearing detection and intervention. Through her clinical, research, and teaching duties she continually strives to improve access to care for pediatric patients in underserved, rural, and impoverished areas.
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Alyssa Baselt, B.S., is a first year Doctor of Audiology student at the University of South Dakota. She received her undergraduate degree in Communications Sciences and Disorders from the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. She currenty serves as the SD Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) student worker through a Heath Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) grant.
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