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The Symposium is being hosted by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance and Vanderbilt University Medical Center at the Omni Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The American Cochlear Implant Alliance is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.
*The following sessions are approved for IL EI credits:
Thursday, Dec. 11th, 2014
*8:45- 10:20 Panel: Baby talk: Speech and language development in the first years of life –1 INT, 0.25 AS, 0.25 TYP
*10:50-12:06 Panel: Hot topics in pediatric cochlear implantation-0.25 INT, 0.25 ATY, 0.50 WWF
*ROOM 1: Audiology and Hearing Science
-Session 1: Music perception, appreciation, and therapy: Pediatric applications-1 INT
-Session 2: Objective measures for CI assessment and clinical guidance-0.25 AS, 0.5 INT, 0.25 ATY
-Session 4: Considerations for clinical management & practice efficiency-0.5 WWF, 0.25 AS, 0.25 INT
*ROOM 2: Speech, language and education
-Session 2: Higher order processing: considerations for children with CI-1 INT
-Session 3: Outcomes and considerations for very young implant recipients-0.25 AS, 0.25 WWF, 0.5 WWF
Session 4: Complex cases: Pediatric CI-0.25 ATY, 0.5 INT
Friday, Dec. 12th, 2014
9:00-10:10 Panel: From good to great: maximizing outcomes for children with cochlear implants-0.75 INT, 0.25 AS
10:40-12:14 Panel: New indications and bilateral hearing-0.5 ATY, 0.5 AS, 0.5 INT
*ROOM 1: Audiology and Hearing Science
-Session 1: Anatomical and physiological issues related to CI-0.5 INT, 0.5 ATY
-Session 2: Combining electric and acoustic stimulation: bimodal hearing and/or hearing preservation-0.25 AS, 0.5 INT, 0.25 ATY
-Session 3: Advancements in technology & programming-1 INT
-Session 4: Audiological assessment: Pediatric CI- 0.75 AS
ROOM 2: Speech, language and education
-Session 1: Speech and language outcomes for pediatric CI- 0.5 INT, 0.5 ATY
-Session 2: Cognitive considerations for pediatric CI-1 ATY
-Session 3: All about outcomes: assessing the whole child-0.25 INT, 0.5 ATY, 0.25 AS
-Session 4: Bilateral cochlear implantation in children-0.25 WWF, 0.75 INT
Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2014
ROOM 1: Audiology and Hearing Science
-Session 1: Programming & related counseling considerations: Part I-0.75 INT,0.25 AS
-Session 2: Epidemiological considerations and tracking longitudinal outcomes-0.5 ATY, 0.5 INT
-Session 3: Programming & related counseling considerations: Part II-0.75 INT, 0.25 ATY
ROOM 2: Speech, language and education
-Session 1: Potential for applications of telehealth: Pediatric cochlear implants-0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF
-Session 2: Bone anchored implants and other implantable auditory prostheses-1 INT
-Session 3: Global access panel-1 WWF
-Session 4: Therapeutic considerations for children and families-1 INT
-Session 5: Hot topics in cochlear implantation-0.5 ATY, 0.25 INT
*1:00- 2:45 Bilingual Workshop-1.75 WWF
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