COMD offers virtual seminar

The NIU College of Health and Human Sciences and its Department of Communicative Disorders recently invited area professionals to participate in a virtual seminar broadcast by the American Academy of Audiology. This continuing education opportunity, presented by Patricia Kricos of the University of Florida, spoke to the importance of monitoring, intervention and educational issues for children with unilateral hearing loss. The presentation addressed questions such as: Is it true that a child only needs one good ear to learn language? In this era of early identification of hearing loss in children, how soon should intervention begin for babies identified with hearing loss in one ear, and what factors need to be considered in designing appropriate intervention for younger as well as older children with unilateral hearing losses? All costs were covered by the NIU Speech and Hearing Clinic.