The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Children’s Medical Services (CMS) Branch, and California Newborn Hearing Screening Program (NHSP) invite you to attend the Infant Audiology Symposium: Establishing Guidelines for Care.
Continuing Education Hours – Approved!
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Goals and Objectives:
At the Infant Audiology Symposium you will have the educational opportunity to collaborate with professionals currently working with the pediatric population as well as discuss with other licensed audiologists in the State of California the following topics:
- The Joint Commission on Infant Hearing (JCIH) 2007 Position Paper
- Current standards of practice for infant audiologic assessments
- Diagnostic protocol for newborns referred from NHSP
- Risk factors for late onset hearing loss and recommendations for monitoring changes in hearing
- Treatment options, including early intervention, services for parents, amplification and cochlear implants
- The Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Board’s position on the importance of maintaining the current standard of care.
By the end of the Infant Audiology Symposium participants will understand the diagnostic procedures, treatment options, and will participate in updating the current California Infant Audiology Assessment Guidelines.
Featured Speakers
Alison M. Grimes, AuD, Board Certified-American Board of Audiology, Clinical Manager, Audiology, UCLA Medical Center, Assistant Clinical Professor, Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hallie Morrow, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Consultant, California Newborn Hearing Screening Program, Children’s Medical Services Branch, California Department of Health Care Services
Annemarie Del Mugnaio, Executive Officer, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, California Department of Consumer Affairs
Nancy Grosz Sager, M.A., Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Consultant, California Department of Education
Lisa Satterfield, M.S., CCC-A, Audiology Consultant, California Newborn Hearing Screening Program, Children’s Medical Services Branch, California Department of Health Care Services
Yvonne S. Sininger, PhD, Professor, Head & Neck Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Center for the Health Sciences
Jennifer Sherwood, M.A., F-AAA, Audiology Consultant, California Newborn Hearing Screening Program, Children’s Medical Services Branch, California Department of Health Care Services
Margaret Winter, M.S., CCC-A, Board Certified in Audiology, Coordinator of Clinical Services, Children's Auditory Research and Evaluation Center, House Ear Institute