Hear for You - Educational Resources
Location
D.P. Culp Center Ballroom
Start Date
4-5-2024 9:00 AM
End Date
4-5-2024 11:30 AM
Poster Number
187
Name of Project's Faculty Sponsor
Shannon Bramlette
Faculty Sponsor's Department
Audiology and Speech Language Pathology
Competition Type
Competitive
Type
Poster Presentation
Presentation Category
Education
Abstract or Artist's Statement
According to the CDC, one in three children per thousand are diagnosed with hearing loss. Therefore, educational and clinical professionals who frequently work with children with hearing loss should be familiar with the basic care, use, and maintenance of the various hearing devices and amplification systems available. Due to a shortage of educational audiology personnel within our school systems, teachers and speech-language pathologists are increasingly filling the role of hearing specialists within the classroom and in clinic settings. Minimal educational resources are available for these professionals within their training programs or are often not easily accessible. Therefore, we investigated if a one-time, informational ZOOM workshop for professionals working with school-age children with hearing loss would improve their self-efficacy as it relates to the routine care, use, and maintenance of these devices. To determine whether the professionals' self-efficacy improved, participants were emailed identical survey questionnaires both before and after attending an in-depth ZOOM workshop. The workshop covered the following topics related to hearing devices: an overview of the auditory system, an overview of common amplification devices, device-specific battery care and use, parts and functions, how to power the devices on and off, and performing a rudimentary listening check to ensure proper device function. A t-test analysis revealed a statistically significant increase in self-efficacy amongst all 22 participants on 12 of the 14 survey questions following the workshop. These results suggested that the offered workshop was able to provide the necessary information for speech-language pathologists to feel confident in their abilities when working with students who have hearing devices. Further investigation could be done to determine the duration of these effects. Overall, access to educational materials and understanding care and use of hearing devices is critical to improving the confidence of professionals seeking to provide care to children with hearing loss.
Hear for You - Educational Resources
D.P. Culp Center Ballroom
According to the CDC, one in three children per thousand are diagnosed with hearing loss. Therefore, educational and clinical professionals who frequently work with children with hearing loss should be familiar with the basic care, use, and maintenance of the various hearing devices and amplification systems available. Due to a shortage of educational audiology personnel within our school systems, teachers and speech-language pathologists are increasingly filling the role of hearing specialists within the classroom and in clinic settings. Minimal educational resources are available for these professionals within their training programs or are often not easily accessible. Therefore, we investigated if a one-time, informational ZOOM workshop for professionals working with school-age children with hearing loss would improve their self-efficacy as it relates to the routine care, use, and maintenance of these devices. To determine whether the professionals' self-efficacy improved, participants were emailed identical survey questionnaires both before and after attending an in-depth ZOOM workshop. The workshop covered the following topics related to hearing devices: an overview of the auditory system, an overview of common amplification devices, device-specific battery care and use, parts and functions, how to power the devices on and off, and performing a rudimentary listening check to ensure proper device function. A t-test analysis revealed a statistically significant increase in self-efficacy amongst all 22 participants on 12 of the 14 survey questions following the workshop. These results suggested that the offered workshop was able to provide the necessary information for speech-language pathologists to feel confident in their abilities when working with students who have hearing devices. Further investigation could be done to determine the duration of these effects. Overall, access to educational materials and understanding care and use of hearing devices is critical to improving the confidence of professionals seeking to provide care to children with hearing loss.