2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
3/07/2023 | 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM | Is Your Home Deaf/Hard of Hearing Accessible? | DECC 236
Is Your Home Deaf/Hard of Hearing Accessible?
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) reported in 2021 that approximately 2 out of every 1,000 babies born in the United States are identified with hearing differences in one or both ears through their newborn hearing screening programs. Over 90% of these children are born to hearing parents who have limited familiarity with hearing loss. They struggle with how to support their little one. Many of the daily interactions at home among family members can be missed, causing misunderstandings and miscommunication. Important and incidental learning opportunities in the moment may be lost.
Early intervention programs coach parents on how to support their child with their communication and auditory skills development. These programs typically do not address the unique needs of the child with a hearing difference which would enable them to fully participate in family activities at home or out in the community.
This session will focus on strategies and tips shared by a trilingual Colorado early interventionist who herself is deaf, designed to increase awareness and facilitate the development of a deaf/hard of hearing friendly home environment. Implementing these recommendations within the home and other natural environments will increase accessible communication while fostering more positive family relationships by including the deaf/hard of hearing child, regardless of communication mode.
- Attendees will develop awareness of how the home surroundings impact accessible communication for the deaf/hard of hearing child.
- Participants will be able to explain the importance of creating incidental learning opportunities in the home regardless of communication mode.
- Attendees will apply these tips and strategies towards creating a deaf/hard of hearing friendly home environment to foster positive family interactions and effective communication.
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Robin Getz
(), CHIP (Colorado Home Intervention Program), rlgetz@csdb.org;
Robin Getz, MA, is a Colorado Hearing Resource Coordinator (CO-Hear) with the CHIP (Colorado Home Intervention Program) program through the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. She supports urban families with newly identified children, birth to three years of age. Profoundly deaf from birth, Robin began her formal education in Puerto Rico at a bilingual Spanish/English school for Kindergarten and 1st grade before moving back to NYC where she was born. She has lived in many places nationally, and internationally as a child. She earned a double major in Psychology; and Communication Disorders and Speech Sciences for her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and holds two Master's Degrees: Mental Health Counseling from Gallaudet University, and Deaf Education from the University of Northern Colorado. Robin began her professional career as a licensed Mental Health Therapist (LPC), which she practiced for about 8 years until she realized her heart was in the early intervention field. She has worked as an early interventionist with the CHIP program for 23 years with families from diverse cultures. She enjoys reading, traveling, and trying new ethnic foods
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