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Outreach efforts
have aided in further educating the medical and larger San Antonio
community of the importance of early hearing loss identification
and intervention. Our early intervention videotape is distributed
throughout the medical community. Sunshine Cottage educates medical
professionals about the importance of early hearing loss identification
and intervention. We coordinate workshops designed to reach early
childhood intervention agencies which help to build bridges for
collaborative efforts in the deaf and medical community.
Auditory brain
centers do not start out with the ability to hear. Hearing develops
only as the brain is stimulated by many sounds during infancy. Each
time a sound stimulates the auditory brain centers, the brain develops
thousands of new connections which are the synapses. The growing
network of synapses enables the baby to make sense of sounds in
our language.
Access to sound
during infancy is critical for the auditory brain centers to fully
develop. Research shows that infants six (6) months and younger
who are identified with a hearing loss and are given hearing aids
and placed in an early intervention program are able to produce
language at a normal level on the developmental milestones. They
can speak at the same level as their hearing peers.
To schedule an appointment to learn more about our community outreach efforts or to schedule a tour, call (210) 824-0579 or contact Leslie Walter for a tour.
“Skills, Strategies, and Survival in Working with Children Wearing Cochlear Implants”
Presented by
Amy McConkey Robbins, MS, CCC-SLP
Saturday, May 1, 2010
UT Health Science Center Central Campus
Lecture Hall Commons Room 3.104A
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
REGISTRATION FEE: $60.00
Registration Deadline: April 15, 2010
Registration for CEU Certificates begins: 7:30 a.m.
Workshop: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Download the registration brochure and send the completed form along with your check of $60.00 payable to the University of Texas Health Science Center to:
Dr. Blane Trautwein
UTHSCSA
Mail Code 6245
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
RSVP Deadline: April 15, 2010
No refunds after April 15.
Contact Leslie Walter for more information.
Please view video Preventing Developmental Delays.
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