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Hyatt Regency Chicago
May 6-9, 2026 |
Hotel: Hyatt Regency Chicago
Educator Workshop to be Held Wednesday, May 6
Supporting Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing to Maximize Language Learning with 21st Century Hearing Technology: A Workshop for Early Intervention and Educational Professionals and Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Cost: $95
 | 5/6/2026 |
| When: | Wednesday May 6, 2026
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
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| Where: | Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel
151 E Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
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Register Here
Workshop Details
Learner Objectives
- Update Educational and Early Intervention (EI) professionals on 21st Century hearing technology
- Review the impact of a young child’ intervention age on outcomes with hearing aids and cochlear implants
- Empower parents to use the language of the home to stimulate their child’s language learning
- Describe support and accommodations children with cochlear implants and hearing aids need at school
- Review resources available from organizations and cochlear implant companies
CEUs: To be provided from ASHA, American Academy of Audiology, AG Bell. Supporting documentation will allow attendees to submit for Educator or Early Intervention Continuing Education Credits
ACI Alliance CE and Meeting Policies
The themes of CI2026 Chicago include:
- Optimizing clinic efficiency and program growth (telemedicine, patient navigators, others)
- Emerging technologies in cochlear implantation
- Unique challenges in SSD/AHL patients (pediatrics, tinnitus, Medicare)
- Management and rehabilitation of challenging hearing loss etiologies (ANSD, CN hypoplasia/aplasia, others)
- Mental health comorbidities in CI care
- Speech perception testing for non-English speakers
- Cognition and CI in aging patients
- Socioeconomic factors and health disparities in CI care
