2027 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 22-24, 2027 • Bellevue, WA
3/17/2026 | 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM | Coaching Caregivers in Early Intervention LSL Practice: Identifying Barriers and Solutions | City Terrace 12
Coaching Caregivers in Early Intervention LSL Practice: Identifying Barriers and Solutions
Research has found that better listening and spoken language outcomes were directly associated with the following factors: age of amplification, frequent use of amplification, use of listening and spoken language as the primary communication modality, caregivers’ frequent use of rich vocabulary sentence structure in conversation (Detman et al, 2016). It is essential that family-centered practice be provided to children with hearing loss to equip caregivers with strategies and to promote auditory access and listening and spoken language in the home. This presentation will give practical tools in LSL early intervention parent coaching. It will also discuss barriers unrelated to hearing loss that can impact a child’s progress and parents’ capacity to follow recommendations. Further, the presentation will describe continual assessment of a family’s needs and adjustment of services to meet those needs.
- Participants will name at least 3 parent coaching tools to use in their early intervention LSL practice
- Participants will identify 2 barriers that can affect parental engagement in audiology appointments and early LSL intervention.
- Participants will name 2 tools to assess a family’s needs and strategies to help parents meet those needs.
Presentation:
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Transcripts:
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Presenters/Authors
Abby Brett
(Primary Presenter), Hearts for Hearing, abby.brett@heartsforhearing.org;
Abby Brett is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (Cert. AVT) at Hearts for Hearing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Oklahoma State University and her Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Oklahoma. She currently serves as the Director of Listening and Spoken Language at Hearts for Hearing. She has experience in providing family-centered listening and spoken language therapy to infants, children, and adolescents with hearing loss. Abby is passionate about early intervention and has experience in both a clinical and a counseling setting. She also leads group therapy classrooms including a parent-toddler class and a social group for teenagers with hearing loss. Abby also enjoys mentoring graduate students and speech-language pathologists who are seeking Listening and Spoken Language Specialist certification.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment,Management position from Hearts for Hearing.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Hearts for Hearing.
Nature: Salary Employee of Hearts for Hearing.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.