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Susan Scollie
Translational Technologies for Pediatric Hearing Aids: Past, Present, and Future
The translational progress made in pediatric hearing aid research has thrived on integrating basic science with engineering against clinical experience... and Pat Stelmachowicz was at her best in the middle of those three things. In this presentation, I will consider three major advances that have changed, fundamentally, how we think about hearing aid fitting, and implications for the future.

Kathryn Wiseman
Considerations for pediatric implantation in borderline candidates
Choosing the appropriate audiological intervention – hearing aids or cochlear implants – for children with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss can be challenging, especially if children are audiometrically borderline candidates for implantation. This talk describes evidence for device candidacy for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Karen Munoz
Partnering with Parents to Support Behavior Change and Increase Hearing Aid Use
Auditory experience in early childhood impacts spoken language development. Early access to appropriately programmed hearing aids provides audibility; however, hearing aid use is often inconsistent. Audiologists can partner with parents to understand factors interfering with hearing aid use and support parent behavior change to improve the auditory experience for young children.

Dawna Lewis
Remote Microphone Systems and Communication Access for Children
Hearing instruments alone may not be sufficient to allow communication access for children with hearing loss in complex environments. Children with normal hearing and special listening needs can be negatively impacted in poor acoustic settings. Remote micorphone (RM) systems are desgined to overcome the negative effects of noise, distance, and reverberation and are an important option for speech understanding in complex acoustic environments. This talk will discuss research on personal RM technology for children as it relates to communication access.

Tiana Cowan/Lori Leibold/Ryan McCreery
The Children's English/Spanish Speech Recognition Test (ChEgSS)
The Children's English and Spanish Speech Recognition (ChEgSS) test is a computer-based tool for assessing closed-set word recognition in English and Spanish in noise or competing speech. In this course, we review its psychometric properties, evaluate feasibility and reliability in bilingual children, and present normative data.

​Clinical Cases with Jessie Patterson, Elizabeth Kelly & Ashley Kaufman
​Clinical Presentations and Management of Congenital Cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)​ is one of the leading causes of congenital hearing loss and is often progressive. This presentation will explore case studies of patients with congenital CMV (cCMV), focusing on audiological, vestibular, and medical management. Key insights, including best practices and challenges in medical treatment, will be highlighted.