1. New Directions in Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss
Buckeye Center for Hearing and Development
Grand Opening
New Directions in Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss
Keynote Speaker: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD, CCC-A
Invited Speakers: K. Todd Houston, PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Lisa Hunter, PhD, FAAA
Friday, February 17th, 2017
12:00 pm – 6:00pm
Registration: Suite 4000
Conference Room: 3000/3000A
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Host:
Buckeye Center for Hearing and Development
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Location:
Eye and Ear Institute, Suite 4000
915 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43212

2. AGENDA CONTINUING EDUCATION Check-In/ BCHD Open House Welcome
ASHA CE credits have been applied for through Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
This course is offered for 0.35 ASHA CEUs (intermediate level, professional area).
12:00-12:45
Check-In/ BCHD Open House
1:00-1:15
Welcome
1:15-2:30
Recommended practices for family-centered early intervention with families who have infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD (University of Colorado Boulder)
2:30-3:30
Parent views on loss to newborn hearing screening follow-up and strategies to engage families in the diagnostic process
Lisa Hunter, PhD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
3:30-3:45
Coffee Break
3:45-4:45
Teleintervention: A strategic service program to deliver early intervention for young children with hearing loss
K. Todd Houston, PhD (University of Akron)
4:45-5:00
Closing
5:00-6:00
Reception/BCHD Open House
This program has been approved for 3.5 LSLS CE credits through the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language.

3. Learning Objectives
[Keynote lecture] Recommended practices for family-centered early intervention with families who have infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD (University of Colorado Boulder)
Participants will be able to describe the 12 recommended practices from the JCIH Early Intervention supplement.
Participants will be able to describe the predictors of successful outcome from states for children with bilateral hearing loss and no additional disabilities, with unilateral hearing loss, with cochlear implants, and from Spanish-speaking families.
Participants will be able to describe the importance of developmental assessment and quality indicators to monitor early intervention programs.
Participants will be able to describe how new technology can provide developmental progress monitoring data relevant to early intervention programs.
[Invited lecture 1] Parent views on loss to newborn hearing screening follow-up and strategies to engage families in the diagnostic process
Lisa Hunter, PhD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
Participants will be able to describe three primary barriers that families face in following up after newborn hearing screening.
Participants will be able to discuss improvement in loss to follow-up by supporting the needs of families from diverse backgrounds.
Participants will be able to outline steps to provide education at the earliest stage in newborn hearing screening to motivate families to take action.
Participants will be able to list the advantages and disadvantages of re-screening after screening, and impact on loss to follow-up.
[Invited lecture 2] Teleintervention: A strategic service program to deliver early intervention for young children with hearing loss
K. Todd Houston, PhD (University of Akron)
Participants will be able to describe the components of teleintervention as an early intervention program for young children with hearing loss.
Participants will be able to describe the benefits of early intervention via teleintervention for young children with hearing loss.
Participants will be able to describe the challenges of teleintervention that should be considered when planning an early intervention program for young children with hearing loss.
Participants will be able to describe strategies for empowering families to be actively involved in early intervention provided through teleintervention.

4. KEYNOTE SPEAKER/Disclosure
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences and is currently a Research Professor, in the Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neurosciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, adjunct faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado, Denver and the Board member of the Marion Downs Center. She developed the Marion Downs Center in 1996 and received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Maternal & Child Health, the Office of
Special Education, and the Office of Education since the early 1980s. Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano has assisted state departments of public health and education, schools for the deaf, and early intervention programs throughout the United States and its territories. In addition, she has served as a consultant for many countries who have developed early hearing detection and intervention programs. She was the recipient of the 2013 Academy of Audiology(AAA) Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology, the 2001 AAA Research Achievement Award, the 2010 Robert Ruben Award for Research from the Society for Ear Nose and Throat Advances for Children, the 2014 Antonio Brancia Maxon Award for EHDI Excellence and the 2010 Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Communicative Disabilities and Deafness Award. Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano receives salary compensation through a research grant through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. She also receives salary compensation for her research grant from the Disability Research and Dissemination Center (DRDC) through its cooperative agreement Number 5U01DD001007, FORM THE Association of University Centers on Disabilities, and from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention.
Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano is a Board member on the Scientific Advisory Board of the LENA Foundation. She has no additional financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
INVITED SPEAKERS/Disclosures
K. Todd Houston, PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT, is a Full Professor in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at The University of Akron, where he teaches courses on the topics of aural (re)habilitation, Auditory-Verbal Therapy, phonetics, diagnostics, connected health and learning, and professional practices. He currently directs the Telepractice & eLearning Laboratory (TeLL), which is designed to evaluate the provision of speech and language services to children and adults through telepractice service delivery models. The TeLL also functions as a preservice training experience for graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Houston is a sought after presenter, and he continues to deliver keynote addresses, research findings, workshops, and
conference lectures on a range of topics such as telepractice, listening and spoken language outcomes in children with hearing loss, Auditory-Verbal Therapy, parent engagement, and social media/networking. Dr. Houston has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, editorials, and book chapters. He also is the author/editor of Telepractice In Speech-Language Pathology (2014), co-author/co-editor of Assessing Listening and Spoken Language in Children with Hearing Loss (2015) with Tamala S. Bradham, PhD, and co-author/co-editor of Telepractice In Audiology (2016) with Emma Rushbrooke, MPhil(AUD) – all published by Plural Publishing (San Diego, CA). He receives royalties from Plural Publishing as an Author/Editor. He has no additional financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Lisa Hunter, PhD is the Scientific Director for Audiology in the Communication Sciences Research Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and a Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Hunter has over 25 years of pediatric clinical, research and teaching experience. A graduate and former faculty member of the University of Cincinnati and the University of Minnesota, she developed and directed the Au.D. program at the University of Utah. She was a visiting scientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and has volunteered in Kenya on audiologic missions at a school for the Deaf. She has authored over 90 published articles, chapters and books in pediatric audiology and
frequently lectures nationally and internationally, as well as serving on expert panels and task forces. She is currently conducting studies on a range of pediatric hearing loss, funded by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She serves as chair of the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE). She has no additional financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.