Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Audiology

2016

The primary goals of the LEND Audiology project are: (1) to recruit and select doctoral audiology students who have pediatric career goals and provide them with further pediatric focused training; (2) to recruit and select existing Colorado audiologists, from rural or underserved urban communities, for continued (post-doc) pediatric training in diagnosis and management; and (3) to enhance the knowledge base of pediatric hearing disorders with other LEND fellows and disciplines. This project will significantly improve both the access and the quality of audiology services for the underserved families in Colorado by providing training to existing licensed audiologists in the state who serve this population and training Pediatric Audiology Fellows and graduate audiology students, who currently receive a general audiology education. The Audiology Fellows and Trainees will have access to the resources available in the currently funded Colorado LEND program at JFK Partners. The current multidisciplinary fellows and trainees in the Co-LEND program will also receive the benefits of interaction, collaboration and didactic lectures from the audiology staff and faculty. Activities of interdisciplinary training and leadership will be expanded to train pediatric audiologists and to increase the knowledge and skills of other LEND trainees to include support to children with hearing loss. Other LEND sites will have access to the material produced by this project creating the opportunity to impact services nationally. Specific activities include: monthly grand rounds, multidisciplinary clinic, lectures, parent training sessions, clinic quality improvement projects, and telehealth.

Training Trainees

Health-Related Activities

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees)

Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote

Single-County, Mulit-County

Federal

N/A