2025 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 9-11, 2025 • Pittsburgh, PA
DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER
| What Should All Waking Hours Look Like?
What Should All Waking Hours Look Like?
Research indicates that in order for a child to meet the developmental milestones for speech and language, the child requires an estimated 20,000 hours of listening time from birth to age 5. Children with hearing loss need that same 20,000 hours of interactional experiences with technology on. However, research states that the average wear time of technology from birth to 5 years is between 4.5 to 5.5 hours per day, totaling approximately 10,000 hours of listening time, half of what is required. This poster presentation breaks down, by age range, the appropriate hours of technology wear time needed for a child with a hearing loss to achieve the same goal of 20,000 hours of listening. The use of the baseball diamond image serves to represent the appropriate wear time based on age with consideration of their waking hours.This visual also emphasizes the importance of the EHDI 1-3-6 guidelines that support early intervention services for best language outcomes for a child with hearing loss. Options on how to improve wear time, for a child wearing cochlear implant(s), hearing aid(s) or bone anchored hearing technology are also offered in this poster presentation. In addition to appropriate weartime, parents who interact with their child through routines, book reading, songs and play can eliminate or reduce the 30 million word gap that children with a hearing loss may experience by age 5. These strategies are highlighted for professionals as “Coaching Tips” for parents and caregivers to practice in their natural daily environment. We anticipate that the information on our poster will support parents and caregivers as they navigate their path in a Listening and Spoken Language Program.
- Identify the hours of equipment wear time by chronological age.
- Recognize the risk associated with inadequate use of hearing technology.
- Select retention options for improving wear time.
Presentation:
3545975_18211Judy LBravo.pdf
Handouts:
3545975_18211Judy LBravo.pdf
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Judy L Bravo
(Primary Presenter,Co-Author), Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Chidlren, jbravo@sunshinecottage.org;
Judy Bravo, M. DEHS, LSLS Cert. AVEd., CED, is a bilingual Parent Infant Advisor for families at Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs.Bravo is a graduate of University of Texas San Antonio with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Bilingual Bicultural Studies, and a graduate from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio with a masters degree in Deaf Education and Hearing Sciences. She is certified by TEA in Deaf Education, Bilingual/ESL, Early Childhood Education, General Education, a certified member of the Council on Education for the Deaf, and a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified in Auditory Verbal Education. Mrs. Bravo has been teaching for 27 years in both the public and private sector, 18 of those years at Sunshine Cottage School A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children, where she continues to coach families in Listening and Spoken Language Techniques.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children.
Nature: All presenters are employed by Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children, but have no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Michael Pfeifer
(Co-Presenter,Co-Author), Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Chidlren, Mpfeifer@sunshinecottage.org;
Michael D. Pfeifer, MS-DEHS, CED is a Parent-Infant-Advisor for families at Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children in San Antonio, TX. Mr Pfeifer is a graduate of Wayland Baptist University With a degree in Education, and a graduate from University of University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio with a master’s degree in Deaf Education and Hearing Science. He is certified by the Texas Education Authority in Deaf Education, Early Childhood Education, General Education, and is a certified member of the Council on Education for the Deaf. He has presented at the A.G. Bell Symposium and Texas A.G. Bell chapter annual conference. Mr. Pfeifer has been a teacher of the deaf at Sunshine Cottage for 20 years, where he continues to coach families in Listening and Spoken Language Techniques.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Allison Butterfield
(Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Chidlren, Abutterfield@sunshinecottage.org;
Allison P. Butterfield, M.DEHS, is a Parent Infant Advisor for families at Sunshine Cottage School A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children in San Antonio, Texas. She is a graduate of Texas Tech University Health Science Center with a degree in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, as well as a graduate of University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio with a masters degree in Deaf Education and Hearing Sciences. Ms. Butterfield is certified by TEA in Deaf Education and has entered her fourth year in the field of deaf education with a focus of Listening and Spoken Language.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Sunshine Cottage a Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children.
Nature: All presenters are employed by Sunshine Cottage A Listening and Spoken Language School for Deaf Children, but have no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.