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This session will discuss the performance of hearing aids with respect to the restoration of sensorineural hearing impairment. Performance is based on two primary characteristics, amplified sound levels of recommended gain and output by prescriptions of the technical parameters operating within the hearing aid and the ability of digital signal processing as well as directional microphone capabilities to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of a listening environment. The restoration of hearing abilities in the domains of speech intelligibility and audible frequency bandwidth (i.e., returns) are traded against loudness (i.e., a risk). The particular amount of restoration is compared to that achieved by an individual with normal hearing sensitivity, coined the efficient frontier. The session concludes with a demonstration of how realistic expectations for speech recognition performance for the typical individual with hearing aids can be made known with relatively few characteristics about the patient's hearing loss and the hearing aid.

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This session is developed by, and presenters invited by Speech Sound Disorders in Children. Using an evidence-based practice framework, this short course will examine clinical decisions suited to children with speech sound disorder. Evidence-based recommendations and case-based assessment data will guide analysis, target selection, goal writing, intervention, and service delivery options. Strategies for translating evidence into practice will be considered. Audience participation is encouraged.

The ICF-CY framework from the WHO provides a holistic perspective in considering the impact of a SSD on children. Child interviews and drawings will be examined from children in the U.S. and Brazil to determine if there are cultural differences related to the experience of a SSD.