Caring for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: An Overview for the Medical Home
The Caring for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children After a New Diagnosis: An Overview for the Medical Home course is designed to provide information to practitioners who care for pediatric patients with hearing differences in a primary care setting. The course content covers the physiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of childhood hearing differences with an emphasis on providing clinicians with a broad, culturally aware, evidence based and developmentally appropriate framework for caring for this unique population.
Resources for Providers and Families (Link)
Learning Objectives
Appreciate the diversity of experiences of individuals with hearing differences
Review the physiology and epidemiology of childhood hearing differences
Outline the process for hearing screening and diagnosis
Review initial management after a new diagnosis of a hearing difference
Understand the importance of language access for development
Review interventions aimed at restoring language access including early intervention, sign languages, hearing aids, and cochlear implants
Describe the role of the medical home in facilitating care for deaf and hard of hearing children and their families
Lessons
Caring for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Author(s)
Arielle Spellun, MD
Board-Certified Bevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrician | Boston Medical Center Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Director of Health and Wellbeing at the Deaf Center | BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Jane Stewart, MD, SM
Physician in Medicine, Division of Newborn Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Clinical Director, Longwood Campus, NICU GraDS | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Scellig S. D. Stone, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Co-Director, Epilepsy Center; Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical Director, Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation Program | Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery | Harvard Medical School
Judith Fleming, PhD
Associate Director, Translational Research Program, Research Administration | Boston Children's Hospital
Sarah Marcley, RN, BSN
Medical Video Editor, OPENPediatrics | Boston Children's Hospital
Kelly Wills, MD, MMSc
Director, Continuity Clinic; Co-Director, Parent Wellness Program; Associate Program Director, Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP) | Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Jane Stewart, MD, SM
Physician in Medicine, Division of Newborn Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Clinical Director, Longwood Campus, NICU GraDS | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
Course Director(s)
Arielle Spellun, MD
Board-Certified Bevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrician | Boston Medical Center Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Director of Health and Wellbeing at the Deaf Center | BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Citation
Spellun A, Stone S, Fleming J, Marcley S, Wills K, Stewart J. Caring for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: An Overview for the Medical Home. 05/2024. Online Module. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/5625/caring-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-children-an-overview-for-the-medical-home.