Sound Support: How Clinical Settings are Different for DHH Patients and How Child Life Can Make a Difference
Wed, Mar 20
|Zoom
Live Webinar for Child Life Professionals. Speakers, Leslie and Kendall, will educating participants on the DHH community, and important approaches and support techniques to provide to DHH children and teens in the health care setting.
Time & Location
Mar 20, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Zoom
About the event
We are excited to host Leslie Manjarrez and Kendall Malkin to educate child life professionals on how to support children/teens who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) in the healthcare setting.
Topics Covered:
- Sharing the difference between conductive hearing loss vs. sensorineural, the differences in hearing assistance devices (Cochlear implant vs. bone conductive device, etc.), and the definition of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH).
- The differences/similarities of the psychosocial needs of children diagnosed in infancy vs middle childhood. It is a common misconception that a diagnosis, such as DHH, is coped with more effectively if at birth versus middle/late childhood, but this is actually not true. Speakers will dive into their personal and professional work experiences with this community and draw a comparison between DHH and other congenital diagnoses and developmental challenges.
- Strategies to better understanding the DHH community and how and why they use…