Bobby Gibbs, Ph.D.
Waisman Center @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am
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Contributors to Efficient Use of Partial Speech Information in Electric Hearing
Katie Christenson
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Claudia Schabes, M.S., CCC-SLP
62 Goodnight Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Young children with Down syndrome (DS) present with complex profiles of developmental strengths and weaknesses. For clinicians and researchers who work with young children with DS, this complexity presents a challenge: our assessment tools may capture only certain aspects of communication and behavior, while the broader DS profile can also shape how those measures are expressed and interpreted. In this seminar, I will present two studies examining two commonly used assessment tools, the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) device and the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS). The LENA, an audio recorder that automatically generates measures of adult and child communication, was worn by 38 preschoolers with DS across four days over the course of four weeks. This longitudinal design allowed us to examine the test-retest reliability of three common LENA metrics using intraclass correlation coefficients. The CARS is an observational assessment used to characterize autistic traits and is frequently used with individuals with DS. CARS item-level performance was examined using descriptive statistics and ordinal regression in a sample of 53 preschoolers with DS. Together, these studies highlight how the complex communication and behavioral profile of DS shapes both the measurement itself and the meaning we assign to it.
Jason Brandt, M.D., FACS
Waisman Center @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am
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Cochlear implantation is one of the most successful neural prostheses in medicine, yet its impact on vestibular function remains an underappreciated clinical concern. This talk will provide an overview of vestibular physiology and its assessment, examine the evidence linking sensorineural hearing loss to balance dysfunction, and review the current literature on vestibular outcomes following cochlear implantation. As bilateral implantation becomes the standard of care, the cumulative risk of vestibular loss in the second ear raises important questions about the balance between auditory benefit and vestibular preservation. We will explore how ongoing research in bilateral hearing and spatial processing informs clinical decision-making for these patients.
Misha Finney, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Components of Application/Choosing Schools
Katie Christenson
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Lukas Suveg, Au.D.
Waisman Center, Ziemann A @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Investigation of Listening Strategies Within Complex Acoustic Environments through Perceptual and Objective Measures
Misha Finney, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Components of Application/Choosing Schools
Emma Libersky, B.A.
Waisman Center, Ziemann A @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Listening to and Learning from Disfluent Speech in Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
Maia Hankley
420 Goodnight Hall @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Self perception of vocal quality and effort in Spanish-English bilinguals of varying language proficiencies
