• 7:45 – 8:20 a.m.
  • Registration and Continental Breakfast
  • 8:20 – 8:30 a.m.
  • Introduction and Overview of Conference
  • Prashant Malhotra, MD
  • 8:30– 9:15 a.m.
  • Keynote Address – “Role of the Pediatrician in Hearing
  • Loss”
  • Susan Wiley, MD
  • 9:15 – 9:25 a.m.
  • Break

Session I – Early Identification of Hearing Loss

  • 9:25 – 9:40 a.m.
  • Importance of Early Identification
  • Susan Wiley, MD
  • 9:40 – 10 a.m.
  • Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) – How it’s Done
  • Jennifer Phelan, AuD
  • 10 – 10:20 a.m.
  • Confirmatory Audiologic Testing
  • Rebecca Belt, AuD
  • 10:20 – 10:50 a.m.
  • Questions and Break

Session II – Evaluation After Diagnosis of Hearing Loss

  • 10:50 – 11:10 a.m.
  • Enrollment in Early Intervention Services
  • Sonya Hayes
  • 11:10 – 11:30 a.m.
  • Medical Evaluation after Identified Hearing Loss
  • Prashant Malhotra, MD
  • 11:30 – 11:50 a.m.
  • Genetic Evaluation of Hearing Loss
  • Matt Pastore, MS, LGC
  • 11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
  • Speech Evaluation
  • Shana Lucius, LSLS Cert AVT
  • 12:10 – 1 p.m.
  • Questions, Lunch and Break with Exhibitors
  • 1 – 1:40 p.m.
  • Parent Panel – Experiencing the Diagnosis and Evaluation of
  • Hearing Loss
  • Facilitator: Kim Davis, APN
  • 1:40 – 1:50 p.m.
  • Questions, Break, and Panel Setup

Session III – Intervention

  • 1:50 – 2:05 p.m.

  • Hearing Habilitation Options – Nonsurgical

  • Jamie Hadley Godsey, AuD., CCC-A

  • 2:05 – 2:25 p.m.

  • Hearing Habilitation Options - Surgical

  • Prashant Malhotra, MD

  • 2:25 – 2:55 p.m.

  • Communications Options – AVT/Aud-Oral/TC/ASL

  • Kristine Ratliff, LSLS AVEd

  • Natalie Simon, MA

  • Denyse Woods

  • 2:55 – 3 p.m.

  • Break and Panel Setup

  • 3:05 – 3:45 p.m.

  • Patient Panel – Living with Hearing Loss

  • Facilitator: Kim Davis, APN

  • 3:45 – 3:55 p.m.

  • Questions and Break

  • 3:55 – 4:05 p.m.

  • Financial Considerations

  • Gina Hounam, PhD

  • 4:05 – 4:25 p.m.

  • In the Classroom

  • Gail Whitelaw, PhD

  • 4:25 – 4:35 p.m.

  • Safety and Hearing Assistive Technologies

  • Brittney Sprouse, AuD

  • 4:35 – 4:45 p.m.

  • Resources – Local, Regional, National

  • Carrie Thompson-Davenport, MA

  • 4:45 – 4:55 p.m.

  • Surveillance of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Child

  • Parul Vora, MD

  • 4:55 p.m.

  • Closing Remarks

  • Prashant Malhotra, MD

  • Registration and Continental Breakfast

  • Introduction and Overview of Conference

  • Prashant Malhotra, MD

  • Keynote Address – “Role of the Pediatrician in Hearing

  • Loss”

  • Susan Wiley, MD

  • Break

  • Importance of Early Identification

  • Susan Wiley, MD

  • Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) – How it’s Done

  • Jennifer Phelan, AuD

  • Confirmatory Audiologic Testing

  • Rebecca Belt, AuD

  • Questions and Break

  • Enrollment in Early Intervention Services

  • Sonya Hayes

  • Medical Evaluation after Identified Hearing Loss

  • Prashant Malhotra, MD

  • Genetic Evaluation of Hearing Loss

  • Matt Pastore, MS, LGC

  • Speech Evaluation

  • Shana Lucius, LSLS Cert AVT

  • Questions, Lunch and Break with Exhibitors

  • Parent Panel – Experiencing the Diagnosis and Evaluation of

  • Hearing Loss

  • Facilitator: Kim Davis, APN

  • Questions, Break, and Panel Setup

  • Hearing Habilitation Options – Nonsurgical

  • Jamie Hadley Godsey, AuD., CCC-A

  • Hearing Habilitation Options - Surgical

  • Prashant Malhotra, MD

  • Communications Options – AVT/Aud-Oral/TC/ASL

  • Kristine Ratliff, LSLS AVEd

  • Natalie Simon, MA

  • Denyse Woods

  • Break and Panel Setup

  • Patient Panel – Living with Hearing Loss

  • Facilitator: Kim Davis, APN

  • Financial Considerations

  • Gina Hounam, PhD

  • In the Classroom

  • Gail Whitelaw, PhD

  • Safety and Hearing Assistive Technologies

  • Brittney Sprouse, AuD

  • Resources – Local, Regional, National

  • Carrie Thompson-Davenport, MA

  • Surveillance of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Child

  • Parul Vora, MD

  • Closing Remarks

  • Prashant Malhotra, MD