Supporting children with hearing loss

Content

Building on a basic knowledge of hearing loss in children, participants gained:

• More confidence when interpreting audiograms.
• An understanding of speech acoustics and what this means for children with hearing loss.
• More information about the updated LMH Test (Ling, Madell, Hewitt or low, mid, and high frequency) and how it compares to the LING test.
• Resources for delivering deaf awareness training packages to schools.

Attendees left with knowledge and practical ideas for supporting listening and use of hearing technology.

Target Audience

Speech & language therapists, specialist teaching assistants and qualified teachers of the deaf.

Presenter

Diana Harbor, HearTogether

Diana is dual trained as a Speech and Language Therapist and Audiologist and over the years has worked in both fields. Diana began as an audiologist and research associate in 1999, working for the MRC Institute of Hearing Research. In 2001 she joined the Nottingham Paediatric Cochlear Implant Programme (now NAIP) as a specialist speech and language therapist. In 2006 Diana joined the growing team at The Ear Foundation developing the Education programme, delivering courses and creating education resources. Diana helped co-lead activities and summer residentials with teenagers with hearing loss. More recently she has been practising educational audiology and works as a consultant SALT for Leicester City SEND service. Diana also runs her independent SALT practice, Khuluma and is a project manager at Hear Together.