Case-Based Workshop on Serving Children with Hearing Loss and Additional Disabilities

This workshop aimed to introduce LEND audiology trainees to the various challenges associated with assessing, monitoring, and effectively serving children with hearing loss and additional disabilities in an interdisciplinary context.

Before the workshop, trainees were required to complete three readings that were selected by faculty for topical relevance.  They were also asked to review a brief case example ("Adam") and answer a set of questions about resources in their community that they could refer this hypothetical family too; this involved seeking guidance from an audiologist or other health professionals at their home programs.

At the beginning of the workshop, trainees were seated in randomly assigned teams of no more than seven people, each with at least one faculty facilitator.  Together, they completed a Readiness Assurance Test (RAT) based on the assigned readings and discussed answers.  Trainees then listened to a brief presentation from Djenne-amal Morris, parent of a 20-year-old with CHARGE Syndrome.  She shared her family's experiences regarding accessing and navigating community resources.  Trainees had ample opportunity to ask questions afterward.

The final hour of the workshop was dedicated to working through the case example, again in small teams.  Faculty guided their teams through the various prompts, including one that required trainees to draw upon the knowledge they gained as part of their pre-workshop efforts to learn about community resources.  Trainee representatives from each team reported to the larger group on the results of their discussions, and the workshop concluded with a faculty member addressing the broader clinical and policy implications associated with serving this population.

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