A Bruton Conference
Featured Speaker:
Sharon Cushing, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
Otolaryngologist and the Director of the Cochlear Implant Program, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children
(Sponsored by The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology)
Course Directors:
- Walter Kutz, MD
- Melissa Sweeney, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Additional Speakers:
- Sarah Crow, BS
- Kim Fiorentino, AuD, CCC/A
- Amanda Frost, Aud, CCC-A, PASC, AIB-VAM
- Hitomi Sakano, MD, PhD
- Kenneth Lee, MD
- Emily Lund, PhD
- Carrie Norman, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert AVEd
- Angela Shoup, PhD
- Andrea Warner-Czyz, PhD
- Kathryn Wiseman, PhD
Date: Friday, May 3, 2024
Location: Callier Center
1966 Inwood Road, Dallas, Texas 75235
Glorig Auditorium
Contact: Veronica Hoyt at 972-883-3003
Cost: Free (registration is required)
Schedule RegisterCourse Description
The North Texas Cochlear Implant (CI) Symposium provided an interprofessional program for audiologists, physicians, speech pathologists, and others involved in the care of CI recipients. Topics discussed included outcomes in CI recipients, identifying labyrinthitis, measures for evaluating special candidacy concerns, telepractice considerations, and surgical considerations in special populations.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:
- Identify benefits of cochlear implantation in children
- Describe audiologic approaches to monitoring balance issues in cochlear implant candidates
- Describe surgical issues in special populations receiving cochlear implants
Continuing Education
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
The Callier Center is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of .6 CEUs. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy’s Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.
AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language
The Callier Center is approved by the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language to offer Continuing Education Hours for Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS) certification.
This program has been approved for a maximum of 6 CEUs. AG Bell Academy approval of this course is based on information shared by the approved provider. Views shared by the presenter(s) may not necessarily reflect the views of the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language either in part or whole.
Course Directors
Walter Kutz, MD
Joe Walter Kutz Jr., M.D. is Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and the Department of Neurological Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Kutz joined The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2007. His clinical interests include diseases of the skull base, acoustic neuroma, cochlear implants, otosclerosis, auditory brainstem implants, and chronic otitis media. After his initial medical education and otolaryngology residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Dr. Kutz completed a two-year fellowship in otology and neurotology at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles.
Dr. Kutz is an investor in Qualia Oto and does not have any relevant non-financial disclosures to report.
Melissa Sweeney, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Melissa Sweeney, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert AVT, is the Director of Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Services and the Cochlear Implant Program at the University of Texas at Dallas/Callier Center. Ms. Sweeney has provided evaluations and treatment for children with hearing loss and their families for more than 25 years. She also teaches graduate level classes in the Speech-Language-Hearing Program and has provided numerous trainings for professionals. Ms. Sweeney has held several appointed and elected professional board positions.
Ms. Sweeneydoes not have any relevant financial or non-financial disclosures to report.
Featured Speaker
Sharon Cushing, MD
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
Otolaryngologist and the Director of the Cochlear Implant Program, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Sharon Cushing is a full-time paediatric otolaryngologist and the Director of the Cochlear Implant Program at The Hospital for Sick Children and a Full Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cushing has a clinical and surgical interest in disorders of the external, middle and inner ear, including hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction. Her research interests include vestibular and balance function and dysfunction in children, and its association with hearing loss and cochlear implantation.
Dr. Cushing has received speaker fees from Cochlear Corporation and Cooke Medical. She receives royalties for her work with Plural Publishing and has patent on equipment for balance stabilization. In addition she has a grant from Cochlear Corporation. She does not have any relevant non-financial disclosures to report.
Additional Speakers
Sarah Crow, BS
Sarah Crow is a graduate student at The University of Texas at Dallas in the Doctorate of Audiology Program and the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Doctorate of Philosophy Program. She received her Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at Texas Christian University. Sarah works in Dr. Warner-Czyz’s CHildren and Infant Listening Laboratory in partnership with the Callier Center for Communication Disorders. Research in the CHildren and Infant Listening Laboratory explores how infants, children, and adolescents with hearing loss wearing cochlear implants learn to communicate with others and how communication affects how they feel about themselves. Sarah’s research focuses on how auditory status affects auditory emotion recognition in adolescents with and without hearing loss. She is also interested in exploring the intersectionality of hearing loss and comorbid conditions and how it affects their quality of life and auditory and communication progress.
Ms. Crow received the Callier Center for Communication Disorders Jerger grant and serves on the Student Academy of Audiology chapter relations committee.
Kim Fiorentino, AuD, CCC/A
Kim Fiorentino, Au.D., CCC-A, is an audiologist who specializes in detecting and caring for children with hearing loss. Dr. Fiorentino earned her Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Amherst College and graduated cum laude. She received a doctorate of audiology at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Fiorentino works as a pediatric cochlear implant audiologist at the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders. She conducts cochlear implant candidacy assessments, hearing aid evaluations and fittings, cochlear implant initial activations, and follow-up care. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Dr. Fiorentino does not have any relevant financial or non-financial disclosures to report.
Amanda Frost, Aud, Aud, CCC-A, PASC, AIB-VAM
Amanda Frost, AuD, CCC-A, PASC, AIB-VAM is a board certified pediatric audiologist and faculty associate at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Frost’s clinical work encompasses a wide variety of services for the pediatric population including advanced diagnostics and amplification. Dr. Frost is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology, a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, as well as a member of the Texas Academy of Audiology Pediatric Working Group.
Dr. Frost does not have any relevant financial or non-financial disclosures to report.
Kenneth Lee, MD
Kenneth H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric otolaryngology and serves as Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health in Dallas and Plano. Dr. Lee earned his medical degree and a doctorate in anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University. He completed a residency in head and neck surgery at Washington University in St. Louis and received advanced training in otolaryngology and pediatric otolaryngology through separate fellowships at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, respectively. Dr. Lee’s research interests include cochlear implantation, sensorineural hearing loss, and spiral ganglion cells.
Dr. Lee has an ownership interest in Qualia Oto and has received a consulting fee from Advanced Bionics. He does not have any relevant non-financial disclosures to report.
Emily Lund, PhD
Emily Lund, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor in the Davies School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Associate Dean for Research in Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas Christian University. Her line of research explores early language and literacy development in children who are deaf and hard of hearing and developing spoken language.
Dr. Lund’s work has been funded by NIH/NIDCD, the US Department of Education, and the ASHFoundation. Work described in this presentation was funded by the NIH/NIDCD (R01 to PIs Lund and Werfel). She does not have any relevant non-financial disclosures to report.
Carrie Norman, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert AVEd
Carrie Norman, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd, received her Master of Science in Communication Disorders with a Pediatric Aural Habilitation specialization from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2001. She is currently the President of Collaborative Communications, a private consulting firm dedicated to helping bridge the gap between clinical and educational services for students and families impacted by hearing differences. Her experience spans infancy through high school in a variety of settings including Cook Children’s Medical Center and Dallas Regional Day School Program for the Deaf.
Ms. Norman does not have any relevant financial disclosures to report. She serves on the Language Assessment Committee for the Texas Education Agency – Special Education Language Acquisition Committee. She is also the Vice Chair for the Board of Trustees for the Grapevine Faith Christina School.
Hitomi Sakano, MD, PhD
Hitomi Sakano, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in disorders of the ear and skull-base tumors. Dr. Sakano earned her medical degree and a doctoral degree in Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of Washington in Seattle. She completed a residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Washington Medical Center and a fellowship in Neurotology at the University of California San Diego Medical Center.
Dr. Sakano does not have any relevant financial or non-financial disclosures to report.
Angela Shoup, PhD
Angela Shoup, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders and a professor in the department of Speech, Language and Hearing, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. She also has an appointment as clinical professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Shoup has published articles and textbook chapters on audiologic procedures, implantable auditory devices, newborn hearing screening, ototoxic monitoring, and congenital cytomegalovirus. She has participated in multiple clinical trials involving innovative treatment of hearing and balance. She has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings. She served as president of the American Academy of Audiology, Texas Academy of Audiology, chair of the Ethical Practices Committee for the American Academy of Audiology, and chair of the American Academy of Audiology Foundation Board of Trustees. Among other professional activities, she is currently Chair of the Audiology Academy of the National Academies of Practice and a member of the NAP leadership council, chair of the Guidelines and Strategic Documents Committee for the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National CMV Foundation.
Dr. Shoup does not have any relevant financial disclosures to report. She serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National CMV Foundation.
Andrea Warner-Czyz, PhD
Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz, Ph.D., CCC-A, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas. Her research investigates communication and quality of life in children and adolescents who are deaf/hard of hearing and use cochlear implants. Her primary professional goal centers on a whole-person approach, drawing on speech-language pathology, psychology, and audiology, to develop data-driven recommendations to improve social well-being in patients who are deaf/hard of hearing.
Dr. Warner-Czyz does not have any relevant financial disclosures to report. She is the Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Cochlear Implant Alliance and a member of the Pathways Selection Committee for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Kathryn Wiseman, PhD
Kathryn Wiseman, AuD, PhD, CCC-A is Director of the Child Auditory Technology Lab at Boys Town National Research Hospital. Her research interests include developmental outcomes in children who are deaf or hard of hearing who use hearing aids and/or cochlear implants. Kathryn completed her AuD/PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas, where her research and clinical work centered on outcomes of children who use cochlear implants. She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Boys Town examining clinical outcomes in children with hearing aids. Her current work aims to study clinical outcomes and experimental measures across the continuum of auditory technology to enhance device candidacy, fitting, and intervention for these children and their families.
Dr. Wiseman is a paid employee of and has a grant through Boys Town National Research Hospital as well as the NIH. She does not have any relevant non-financial disclosures to report.
