{"id":5134,"date":"2019-11-07T13:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calliercenter.utdallas.edu\/?post_type=events&p=5134"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T20:40:05","slug":"north-texas-cochlear-implant-symposium","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/calliercenter.utdallas.edu\/events\/north-texas-cochlear-implant-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"CANCELED: North Texas Cochlear Implant Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CANCELED<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Bruton\nConference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Friday, April 3, 2020<\/strong>
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Callier Center<\/strong>:
1966 Inwood Road, Dallas, Texas 75235
Glorig Auditorium <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration<\/strong>: Register for the event here<\/a>.
Cost:<\/strong> Free (continental breakfast and lunch provided) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing Education:<\/strong> This course is offered for 0.5 ASHA CEUs (Advanced Level, Professional Area) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Featured Speaker: Sumit Agrawal, MD<\/strong> Assistant Professor and Research Director, Department of Otolaryngology \u2013 Head and Neck Surgery, Western University (Ontario, Canada) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsored by The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The North Texas Cochlear Implant (CI) Symposium provides a trans-disciplinary panel of speakers who explain the relationship between communication outcomes and daily device use, provides strategies for lexical-semantic organization used by typically developing children, and describes how to assess barriers to effective vaccination practices and identify underserved CI patient populations among other topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course\nObjectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the conclusion of the\nconference, participants will be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Identify underserved\ncochlear implant patient populations.<\/li>
  2. Explain the relationship\nbetween communication outcomes and daily device use in young children with CI.<\/li>
  3. Identify strategies of\nlexical-semantic organization used by typically developing children. <\/li>
  4. Assess barriers to effective\nvaccination practices<\/li>
  5. Recognize similarities and\ndifferences in social communication by auditory status<\/li>
  6. Describe how the\nrelationship among implanted electrodes, angular insertion depths, and the\nspiral ganglion can be used to assess stimulation strategies<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Course Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    J. Walter Kutz, MD<\/strong>
    Associate Professor 
    Department of Otolaryngology
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Dr. Kutz has no financial or non-financial relationships related to this presentation.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Melissa Sweeney, MS, CCC\/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
    <\/strong> Head of Speech Language Pathology 
    Cochlear Implant Program Manager
    UT Dallas Caller Center for Communication Disorders<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mrs.\nSweeney has no financial or non-financial relationships related to this\npresentation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Event Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n