2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
3/07/2023 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Factors Impacting Language Outcomes of Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Multi-State Perspective | DECC 232
Factors Impacting 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. In this presentation, we will describe the demographic characteristics and language outcomes of children birth to 3 years of age with unilateral hearing loss. In addition, we will examine factors (such as amount of intervention, use of hearing technology, degree of hearing loss in the affected ear, right vs. left ear reduced hearing levels, language of the home, and parents’ level of education) that may be predictive of more successful language outcomes. This information will be based on language assessments from over 200 children, 1 to 36 months of age, living in 11 different states that are participating in the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE).
- Describe the language outcomes of children birth to 3 years of age with unilateral hearing loss
- List factors associated with higher language outcomes in children with unilateral loss
- Identify factors that place some children with unilateral loss at higher risk for language delay
Presentation:
3420032_15688AllisonSedey.pdf
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Transcripts:
3420032_15688AllisonSedey.docx
Presenters/Authors
Allison Sedey
(), 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.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Salary for Management position from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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Nature: The primary presenter receives funding from the CDC via their cooperative agreement with the University of Colorado-Boulder to establish ODDACE. .
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
(), 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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• Has a Professional (Emerita Board Member)
relationship for Volunteer teaching and speaking,Volunteer consulting,Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels,Other volunteer activities.
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Financial relationship with Hands & Voices, Emerita Board Member.
Nature: I have no financial disclosures. I am an unpaid Emerita Board Member of Hands & Voices Inc.
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Non-Financial relationship with Hands & Voices, Emerita Board Member.
Nature: I have no financial disclosures. I am an unpaid Emerita Board Member of Hands & Voices Inc.