Title: Pediatric Hearing Aid Use: Behavior Management to Increase Wear Time

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Brief Description

Early identification of hearing loss and access to effective intervention is critical for school readiness. Children have better spoken language outcomes when they wear their hearing aids 10 or more hours per day. Low hours of hearing aid use, however, is a common problem for young children. A variety of struggles can interfere with parent behaviors, including learning new information and skills, and developing new habits. Additionally, behaviors of young children can interfere with wear time, adding to challenges parents must navigate daily to manage hearing aid use. In this presentation, we will talk about parent and child behaviors that can interfere with consistent device use and strategies providers can use to support parents and increase wear time.

 Presenter

Presenter: Karen Muñoz, EdD, is department head and a professor of audiology in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Utah State University. Her research focuses on person-centered care in audiology, factors that influence patient/caregiver engagement in hearing treatment and developing interventions that support health behavior change for parents of young children who use amplification.

Learning Objectives: As a result of participating in this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe hearing aid use challenges that interfere with wear time
• List counseling strategies that help in identifying and addressing parent internal challenges
• List challenges providers report encountering in addressing behavior management for device use with parents
• Describe behavior management strategies providers can use to guide parents in addressing challenges with device wear time

This webinar was previously provided live on February 6, 2026