2027 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 22-24, 2027 • Bellevue, WA
3/17/2026 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Using a Language Simulation to Teach Techniques for Language Learning | City Terrace 12
Using a Language Simulation to Teach Techniques for Language Learning
Comprehending what it’s like for a child with hearing loss to understand and learn language is a complicated concept. This presentation will begin with an explanation of the modeling-imitation technique that is used to accelerate language acquisition and will include a language simulation experience allowing the participants to experience similar feelings, successes, and failures to children who are in the early stages of language development. Participants will engage in learning an unfamiliar language, similar to how language may be taught through caregiver coaching sessions or during individual therapy for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Through an interactive presentation, participants will have the opportunity to experience firsthand what it’s like to try to understand an unfamiliar language. Strategies for enhancing communication will be experienced, explained, and reviewed. Techniques for accelerating language acquisition will be demonstrated and discussed. This presentation is truly a chance for parents, other caregivers, and professionals to walk in the shoes of the child. Information in this presentation is meaningful whether using spoken language or sign language.
- The participant will be able to list at least two techniques that encourage language learning, whether using spoken language or sign language.
- The participant will be able to describe the modeling-imitation technique.
- The participant will be able to explain at least two adult behaviors that discourage engagement in language learning.
Presentation:
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Presenters/Authors
Betsy Moog Brooks
(Primary Presenter), The Moog Center for Deaf Education, bbrooks@moogcenter.org;
Betsy Moog Brooks is the Executive Director of the Moog Center for Deaf Education. She received her Master’s degree in Speech and Hearing from Washington University and is certified in Deaf Education, Behavior Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, and is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist. She holds a Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership with an emphasis in Andragogy, the study of adult learners. She has been in the field of early intervention for 38 years. Betsy is the author of the book My Baby and Me: A Book About Teaching Your Child to Talk. She has lectured throughout the US, South America, and Europe. Betsy continues to provide direct child service and parent support to families with children birth to three. She has provided parent support to families for more than 10 years through teletherapy.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from The Moog Center for Deaf Education.
Nonfinancial -
• Has a Institutional
relationship for Board membership.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with The Moog Center for Deaf Education.
Nature: Board Member at the Moog Center for Deaf Education.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.