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

CI2018 DC

• Current State of Knowledge: Quality of Life in Adolescents with Cochlear Implants, Andrea Warner-Czyz PhD
• Beyond Implantation: Parental and Student Engagement from Birth to Graduation in the Public Schools, Christy Hiergeist MS, LSLS Cert AVT, CED and Alison Hefferan MA, LSLS Cert. AVEd.
• Recognition of Facial Expressions by Adolescents with Cochlear Implants and Typical Hearing, Andrea Warner-Czyz PhD
• The Sequential Dilemma: Factors Affecting Success in Delayed Sequential Implantation in Adolescents, Casey Stach AuD
• Cross-Cultural Comparison of Quality of Life in Children with Cochlear Implants, Roshini Kumar LPC

CI2017 Pediatrics San Francisco

• Development of a Parenting Stress Module for Caregivers of School-Age Children with Cochlear Implants, Alexandra Quittner, PhD
• Development of School-Age and Parent-Proxy Health-Related Quality of Life Measures for Children with Cochlear Implants, Michael Hoffman, MS
• PEARLS: A Parenting Intervention for Pediatric CI Recipients & Their Families, Ivette Cejas, PhD

CI2016 International Toronto  

• The Performance of Students with Cochlear Implants in Mainstream Classrooms in Comparison to Mainstreamed Students with Hearing Aids and Normal Hearing Peers: Naama Tsach PhD, Israel
• Social Outcomes of Children with Cochlear Implants in an Inclusive Setting: Sharlene Wilson Ottley PhD, United States
• The Facilitation of Language and Literacy Development Through the Exposure to Books at Home: Deborah Bervinchak MA, United States
• Reading and Writing Outcomes of Deaf Pupils with Cochlear Implants: Connie Mayer EdD, Canada
• Cognitive Profiles of Children with Cochlear Implants: Results from a Sample of Children in the Context of a Supportive Inclusive Model: Elizabeth Adams Costa PhD, United States

CI2015 DC

• Effective Intervention Strategies for Teaching Early Literacy Skills to Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants: Amy Lederberg, PhD
• Identifying Gaps in our Knowledge of Literacy in Children with Cochlear Implants: What Do We Want to Know Next and Why? Heather Hayes, 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)
• Outcomes of a Parent Led Intervention for Young Children with Hearing Loss: Elizabeth Adams Costa, PhD
• The Sound Access Parent Outcomes Instrument for Children with Complex Needs: Kathryn Ritter, PhD
• Vowel Discrimination with Reduced Spectral Cues as  a Function of Infant Age: Andrea Warner-Czyz, PhD
• Lingmetry and Ling Identification Threshold: Predictors of Speech Perception: Elisa Giraudo

CI2014 Pediatrics Nashville

• From Coo to Code in the Baby's First Year: Language Development Start Before Cochlear Implantation: Roberta Golinkoff, Ph.D.
• 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
• Neuroplasticity and Bilateral Cochlear Implantation: Blake Papsin, MD
• Beyond Early Intervention: Supporting Deaf Children Through Elementary School: Susan Nittrouer, PhD.
• Using the Entire Tool Box: Improving Cochlear Implant Outcomes: Jace Wolfe, PhD
• Multimodal Assessment and Speech Perception Outcomes in Children with Cochlear Implants or Hearing Aids: Karen Iler Kirk, PhD
• The Importance of Developing Long Range Plans for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Case Studies Indicating Significant Growth in Listening, Spoken Language and Academic Skills with Implementation of Specific Intervention Planning: Krista Heavner
• A Co-Enrollment Preschool for Deaf and Hearing Children: Challenges for Participation and Learning:Ann-Elise Kristoffersen
• 14-Years of Data for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users Attending an Inclusion Program: An Analysis of Vocabulary , Core Language , and Pragmatic Language Use: Meredith Ouellette
• A Survey of New Jersey School Psychologists' Knowledge of Cochlear Implanted Children: Chelsey Dworkin
• The Medical and Educational Team - How Clinicians on the UNC Cochlear Implant Team and State Consultants with the NC Department of Public Instruction Work Together in North Carolina to Improve Outcomes for Students with Cochlear Implants in the Regular Education Setting: Krista Heavner
• Long-Term Development of Consonant Speech Production Accuracy and Consonant Place, Manner And Voicing Features in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients: Jan Moore
• Eye Tracking Studies of Spoken Word Recognition and Production in Children with Cochlear Implants:Richard Schwarz
• Optimizing Language and Listening Outcomes: Incorporating Lessons from Neurodevelopment to Inform Clinical Practice: Denise Eng
• Language Environment Analysis (LENA) as a Tool to Enhance Intervention: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
• Children with Cochlear Implants: Cognitive and Language Factors Toward Speech Understanding in Noise: Douglas Sladen
• Correlation of Neurocognitive Processing Subtypes with Language Performance in Young Children with Cochlear Implants: Patricia Gates Ulanet
• How can Psychical Factors Affect Language Development?: Carla Rigamonti
• Auditory-Verbal Therapy in Children with Hearing Loss: We Do Not Have Enough Specialists: Habib Rizk
• Use of a Family Characteristics Questionnaire to Examine Broader Perspectives Regarding Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users Outcomes: Shani Dettman
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Outcomes of a Family-Based Intervention for Young Children with Hearing Loss: Elizabeth Costa
• Working to Improve Caregivers' Intra-Rater Reliability on the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integrations Scales (IT-MAIS) via Video: Brittan Barker
• Development of Joint Engagement in Pediatric Patients Over Two Years Post-Implantation: Ivette Cejas