Maximizing Outcomes with Minimal Resources: Tips for Kids with Cochlear Implants without Access to Auditory Therapists

This presentation is parent-focused and filled with therapy ideas and activities that can be used by families working with their young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. A Chinese proverb states, "A parent is worth 10,000 schoolmasters." Keeping that in mind, we address how parents are and can be their children's best and most important teachers and my personal belief that clinicians need to re-focus their efforts in teaching parents how to best teach their children.

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Length: 60 minutes

Cost: Free to View

Course Objectives:

• Participants will be able to list several auditory teaching techniques and their benefits for young children learning to listen with cochlear implants or hearing aids.
• Participants will be able to describe the role of families in encouraging spoken language development in their young children with hearing impairments.
• Participants will be able to recite numerous materials, games, and activities emphasizing listening for spoken language development that might prove to be fun and educational when working with babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and beyond.

Course Instructor(s):
Donald M. Goldberg, Ph. D., CCC-SLP/A, Cert. AVT, Co-Director, Hearing Implant Program (HIP) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Head and Neck Institute