ACI Alliance sponsors annual conferences featuring expert speakers from across the treatment continuum - surgeons, audiologists, speech language pathologists, educators and researchers. For presentations on early implantation in children and other related topics explored during these conferences, please click the links below. 

CI2018 DC

• Using Strengths Based Coaching with Parents to Impact Device Wear Time in Pediatric Patients, Erika Gagnon AuD
• Motivational Interviewing: An Approach to Improve Parental Engagement, Ivette Cejas PhD
• Now You’re Talking! Coaching and Tracking Parent Engagement Using LENA Technology, Kayley Mayer MAT, TOD
• Maximizing Caregiver Engagement in Spanish-Speaking Families: Providing Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Auditory-Verbal Therapy, Sarah Radlinski MS, LSLS Cert. AVT
• Facilitating Family Engagement in Joint Book Reading and Storytelling in Latino Families: Bridging Cultural Differences to Maximize Early Language and Literacy Development in Young Children with Cochlear Implants, Sarah Radlinski MS, LSLS Cert. AVT and Myriam DeLa Asuncion AuD

CI2017 Pediatrics San Francisco

• Relationship between Objective and Behavioural Audiology for Infants Being Assessed for Cochlear Implantations: Implications for CI Candidacy Assessment, Jaime Leigh, PhD
• Attention to Speech in Deaf Infants with Cochlear Implants, Yuanyuan Wang, PhD
• Factors Affecting Development of Babble in Prelingually Deaf Children Who Use Cochlear Implants, Liz Hamilton, SLP
• Evidence-based Guidelines for the Provision and Timing of Cochlear Implantation for Young Children, Jaime Leigh, PhD
• Measuring Sound Processor Threshold Levels for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients Using Visual Reinforcement Audiometry via Telepractice, Joshua Sevier, AuD
• Preliminary Findings of a Parent-focused Intervention Using Mobile and Wearable Technology to Enrich the Everday Language Environments of Young Children, Jaime Leigh, PhD
  
• Relationship between Objective and Behavioural Audiology for Infants Being Assessed for Cochlear Implantations: Implications for CI Candidacy Assessment, Jaime Leigh, PhD
• Is Early Intervention Necessary for Children with Partial Hearing?, Kate Hanvey, BSc Hons, MSC

CI2016 International Toronto 

• A Longitudinal Study of Language Outcomes for Early Implanted Children with Bilateral Versus Unilateral Cochlear Implants: Julia Sarant PhD, Medicine, Australia
• Addressing ‘Type’ and ‘Dose’ of Early Intervention Provided to Children Using Cochlear Implants: How Much is Enough?: Sandra Lettieri, Bachelor of Speech Pathology, Australia
• Speech Perception, Production and Language Outcomes for Children Who Receive Cochlear Implants Under 12 Months: A Multi-Centre Study: Shani Dettman PhD, Australia
• Early Auditory and Communication Mode Predictors of Speech Production Intelligibility in Children with Cochlear Implant: Andrea Warner-Czyz PhD, United States
• Developmental Patterns of Psychopathology in Early Identified Preschoolers with Cochlear Implants Compared to Normal Hearing Controls: Anouk Netten MD, Netherlands
  

CI2015 DC

• Effective Intervention Strategies for Teaching Early Literacy Skills to Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants: Amy Lederberg, PhD
• The Real Markers of Success in Cochlear Implantation in Young Children: Social Skills and Theory of Mind: Katie Neal, BA Sc (Ad), BHlth Sc (Hg&Sp), MCliniAud, MAudSA (CCP)
• Sensitivity of Deaf Infants to Spectral and Temporal Acoustic Changes During the First Year of Cochlear Implant Activation: David Horn, MD
  

CI2014 Pediatrics Nashville

• Current Status of Newborn Hearing Screening: Are We Closing the Gap?: Christie Yoshinaga-Itano, Ph.D.
• Outcomes for Infants Implanted Under 12 Months: Derek Houston, Ph.D.
• Current Evidence for Implantation Under 12 Months - Australian Experience: Rob Briggs, MD
• Redefining the Borders: The Benefits of Stretching the Criteria for Pediatric CI: Yetta Abrahams
• Managing Unilateral Hearing Loss in Infants: Why One Ear is Not Enough: Yetta Abrahams
• Preliminary Findings on Spectral and Temporal Resolution in Cochlear Implanted Infants: David Horn
  

CI2013 DC

• Surgical Management of Cochlear Implants in Very Young Children: J. Thomas Roland, Jr., MD, New York University
• Audiological Management of Cochlear Implants in Very Young Children: Holly Teagle, AuD, University of North Carolina
• Role of SLP in Management of Very Young Children who Receive Cochlear Implants: Teresa Caraway, PhD, Learning Innovation Associates
• Effects of Cochlear Implants on Young Deaf Chilren's Language, Behavioral & Social Development: Ivette Cejas, PhD, University of Miami Ear Institute
• Role of Early Auditory Experience on Development of Word-Learning Skills After CI: Derek M. Houston, PhD, Indiana University