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Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood
Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood is now available online only, published by ASHA with HighWire Press. Perspectives is published twice annually in March and September. Division 9 is a CE Provider and offers its issues for self-study to earn CEUs.
Affiliates also have access to Perspectives on Audiology published by the Audiology Coordinating Committee in May.
Special Interest Division 9 has as its main focus all areas related to childhood hearing. The mission is to provide a unified voice and advocacy for childhood hearing issues within ASHA. Other functions of the division are to permit interaction between members who share the same concerns; to provide for study sections within the division, with members of other divisions, and with members of allied health groups; to provide a forum for demonstration and sharing of new technologies, research, clinical developments, and treatment outcomes; and to provide a vehicle for input into education and training issues related to hearing in childhood.
This Special Interest Division provides you with an opportunity for learning, communication, exchange of information and ideas and a unified voice within ASHA. Areas for study, discussion, and review include, but are not limited to:
- Normal/abnormal auditory development
- Nature and etiologies of hearing loss in children, including the study of syndromes and genetics
- Prevention, identification, and diagnosis of hearing loss in infants and children, including high risk hearing screening programs
- Medical management including middle-ear pathology and treatment
- Outcomes measures
- Educational management including aural habilitation, facilitation of speech, language and cognition, and educational methodologies and issues
- Amplification including selection, evaluation and training for hearing aids, implantable aids, FM systems, cochlear implants, and assistive listening systems
- Family and parenting issues in deaf education and Deaf culture
Perspectives – our publication
Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, is published in March and September and features
- News of division activities
- Articles on clinical topics
- Articles on professional and practice issues
Affiliates can also access Perspectives on Audiology published by the Audiology Coordinating Committee in May.
Access Perspectives Indexes (1999-2004) [PDF]
Continuing Education
Division 9 sponsors a Short Course at the annual ASHA Convention. Division affiliates are eligible for a 50% discount on a Short Course at Convention.
Networking
Affiliates have the opportunity to identify others with interest in hearing and hearing disorders in childhood.
Representation Within ASHA
- The Division 9 Coordinator represents the Special Interest Division on Childhood Hearing within the ASHA Board of Division Coordinators.
- The Steering Committee responds to ASHA requests for input regarding policy, guidelines, committees, and other issues.
- Affiliates have the opportunity to provide input to the division leadership and ASHA.
Steering Committee
Members
Coordinator: Gayla Hutsell Guignard, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Coordinator, Indiana State Department of Health/Indiana Perinatal Network
Associate Coordinator: Gina Gomez, Arlington Public Schools
Tamala Bradham, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Velvet Buehler, University of Tennessee
Patti F. Martin, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Ex Officios
Julie B. Noel, Monitoring Vice President for Speech-Language Pathology Practice
Gwendolyn D. Wilson, Monitoring Vice President for Audiology Practice
Kerry Chmielenski, Associate Director, Special Interest Divisions
Division Volunteer Program Managers
Perspectives Editor: Jace Wolfe, Hearts for Hearing
CE Administrator: Sridhar Krishnamurti, Auburn University–Department of Communications Disorders
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