WA State EHDDI Learning Community Winter 2025 Webinar

Title: Shoot for the Moon! Best Practices to Optimize Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss

Description:

This presentation will review some of the landmark research studies, developments, initiatives, and innovations that have advanced the outcomes of children with hearing loss over the past 25 years. A focus will be placed on evidence-based clinical practices and protocols that have had the most significant impact on the outcomes of children with hearing loss. Additionally, this presentation will review some of the most significant barriers that currently impede children with hearing loss from reaching their full potential and will identify potential solutions or developments that might address these barriers.

Presenter: Jace Wolfe, Ph.D.

Jace Wolfe, Ph.D., is the Senior Vice President of Innovation at the Oberkotter Foundation. He is author of the textbook entitled “Cochlear Implants: Audiologic Management and Considerations for Implantable Hearing Devices,” and he is co-editor (with Carol Flexer, Jane Madell, and Erin Schafer) of the textbooks “Pediatric Audiology: Diagnosis, Technology, and Management, Third Edition” and “Pediatric Audiology Casebook, Second Edition.” He is also a co-author of the textbook entitled “Programming Cochlear Implants, Third Edition,” and he has published over 130 book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed and trade journals. His areas of interests are pediatric hearing healthcare and overcoming barriers that prevent children with hearing loss from reaching their full potential.

Disclosure: Jace Wolfe has no financial on non-financial conflicts of interest in relation to this presentation. The WSELC webinar is funded by the Washington State Department of Health EHDDI program.

Continuing Education hours are available for live participation in this webinar: both ASHA CEUs and OSPI CECH hours are available if requested in your registration.

ASL interpretation is provided.

A recorded version of the webinar will be available within a few days after the live event.

?Questions: contact wselc@uw.edu