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Webinar: Build on Your Previous Experience and Training with Evidence-based Hearing Screening Practices for Children Ages 0–5

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When: February 25th, 2025 | 12:00 pm (noon) – 1:30 pm MDT

Webinar Description:

Whether you are using Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) hearing screening or Pure Tone Audiometry to identify children with hearing loss in early childhood programs, it's common to have questions about the process.

Join this webinar for an opportunity to review key points and address questions that may arise during your screening experiences. A Q&A session focuseson improving the quality of hearing screening and evaluation practices for children ages birth to 5. Learn about useful screening and follow-up techniques and access practical tools to support the implementation of high-quality hearing screening and follow-up methods in Head Start, Early Head Start, and other early care and education programs.

Key Topics:

In this webinar, we're discussing:

  • Techniques and strategies for managing children’s behavior leading to the successful completion of hearing screenings
  • Equipment management scenarios that may arise when conducting hearing screenings
  • The recommended follow-up protocol for when children do not pass the hearing screening
  • Strategies for communicating hearing screening results with family members and professionals with the goal of achieving appropriate following actions
  • Resources to support the development and sustainability of evidence-based hearing screening and follow-up practices, including ongoing training and technical assistance needs and resources
  • Questions related to OAE or Pure Tone Audiometry screening and follow-up practices

Target Audience:

This webinar benefits individuals and programs serving children between birth and 5 years of age, including:

  • Head Start, Early Head Start, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, and American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs
  • Part C early intervention programs
  • Part B-619 programs
  • Home visiting programs
  • Preschool staff
  • School nurses
  • Speech-Language pathologists
  • Health care providers

Presenters:

William Eiserman, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management at Utah State University and is co-director of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - National Technical Resource Center. Dr. Eiserman has over 25 years of experience developing and leading the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO) Initiative which focuses on implementing evidence-based hearing screening and follow-up practices for young children with a primary focus on Early Head Start and Head Start and other community-based settings. Along with his ECHO Initiative colleagues, Dr. Eiserman has provided training and technical assistance to thousands of programs across the country and in international settings which have demonstrated the efficacy of early identification of hearing loss in pediatric populations.

Terry Foust, AuD, CCC-A/SLP is a pediatric audiologist and speech language pathologist who has been a key member of the ECHO Initiative team since its beginnings in 2001. Dr. Foust has provided intensive training and technical assistance to staff in early childhood programs in nearly every state, including Head Start, early intervention programs and community health centers. Dr. Foust has also provided technical assistance in a variety of international settings including in India, Ghana, Georgia and Kenya.

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  • You will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the webinar. If you are new to implementing evidence-based hearing screening, join our introductory webinar on February 26th.
  • Live captioning will be available for this webinar
  • For your convenience, this webinar will be recorded and posted on this page within 72 hours following the webinar presentation.
  • Related Resources: Explore related resources on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) to learn more. All ECLKC pages are translated into Spanish. Select the Español button on the top right corner to see the Spanish translation.
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  • If you have questions or require technical assistance prior to or during the webinar, contact Gunnar Thurman. Please do not contact the NCHAM/ HiTrack HelpDesk on the infanthearing.org homepage. The help desk does not handle inquiries related to webinars. Messaging the HelpDesk for webinar-related inquiries may result in a delayed response to your email.