2025 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 9-11, 2025 • Pittsburgh, PA
3/19/2024 | 1:45 PM - 2:40 PM | Early Auditory Deprivation: Auditory Neuroscience and Listening and Spoken Language Outcomes | Capitol 1
Early Auditory Deprivation: Auditory Neuroscience and Listening and Spoken Language Outcomes
Over the past two decades, a number of neuroscience research studies have illustrated the potential effects of auditory deprivation associated with congenital hearing loss on brain development. Alterations in brain development secondary to congenital hearing loss and auditory deprivation can lead to delays and lifelong deficits in listening and spoken language development, cognition, literacy, and physical health. This presentation will describe the potential effects of congenital hearing loss on the brain development, behavioral outcomes, and health of infants and children with hearing loss. A summary will be provided of a number of recent auditory neuroscience research studies that examine brain development as it relates to listening and spoken language with a focus on studies involving congenital hearing loss. A review will also be provided of the relationship between brain development and listening and spoken language outcomes, literacy, cognition, and physical health. Suggestions will be provided for how families and professionals can optimize the auditory brain development and outcomes of children with hearing loss. The primary aim of this presentation is to highlight the findings of scientific literature that indicate that congenital hearing loss is truly a neurodevelopmental emergency. An additional objective is to offer clinical recommendations for how families and professionals can prioritize hearing first to optimize the auditory brain development and behavioral outcomes of infants and children with hearing loss.
- Describe at least three recent auditory neuroscience studies that indicate the potential effects of hearing loss and auditory deprivation on brain development during the early years of life.
- Describe the relationship between auditory neuroscience and listening and spoken language outcomes.
- Describe the relationship between auditory neuroscience and cognition.
Presentation:
3478265_16332JaceWolfe.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
3478265_16332JaceWolfe.doc
Presenters/Authors
Teresa Caraway
(Primary Presenter), Oberkotter Foundation, tcaraway@oberkotterfoundation.org;
Teresa Caraway, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, LSLS, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Oberkotter Foundation.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Oberkotter Foundation/Hearing First.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Oberkotter Foundation/Hearing First.
Nature: Employ.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Teresa Caraway
(Co-Presenter), Oberkotter Foundation , tcaraway@oberkotterfoundation.org;
Teresa H. Caraway, PhD., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT, CEO of the Oberkotter Foundation, is leading the effort to help families ensure their children who are deaf or hard of hearing have opportunities to reach their full potential through listening and spoken language (LSL) as a foundation for literacy. She is the Founding CEO of Hearing First, and the Co-Founder and former Executive Co-Director of Hearts for Hearing. A LSLS Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, Dr. Caraway served as the founding President of the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language and as a founding board member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. She has previously served as a Director of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, and Auditory-Verbal International. She has been recognized by her peers for outstanding clinical skills. A former Course Director for the Institute for Cochlear Implant Training (ICIT), Adjunct Faculty at Salus University, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Dr. Caraway is an international consultant and skillful workshop presenter on teaching spoken language through listening.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Oberkotter Foundation.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Oberkotter Foundation .
Nature: Salaried Employee .
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.