Webinars
These webinars are a free, captioned 60 minute series hosted by ACI Alliance. The content is designed for adults, parents, professionals, and others seeking information on cochlear implantation and related topics. Members of the parent and consumer network play a pivotal role in each presentation by bringing their own experience with CI to the discussion.  All sessions are free to view and captioned.  

  


Adult Session   Tips and Techniques for hearing the most with a Cochlear Implant to help communicate, listen in noisy places, appreciate music, and talk on the telephone after getting a cochlear implant. / Lindsay Zombek MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT, Lead Clinical Specialist in Speech Language Pathology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Donna Sorkin MA

  


Parent Session   Open a book, Fall into a Conversation: Growing Your Child’s Brain for Listening, Language and Literacy / Teresa H. Caraway PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT, CEO Hearing First Practical strategies and techniques for sharing books to grow your child’s listening, spoken language and conversational skills as a foundation for literacy

 

 

 

Webinars for Adults:


Rehabilitation for Adults Post Cochlear Implantation Part 1

Lindsay Zombek MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT 
Speech Language Pathologist
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

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Rehabilitation for Adults Post Cochlear Implantation Part 2

Lindsay Zombek MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT 
Speech Language Pathologist
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

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Understanding an Adult’s CI Programming Session

Meredith Holcomb AuD
Director, Hearing Implant Program
University of Miami Ear Institute

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What Happens During a CI evaluation for an Adult?

Molly Smeal AuD
Clinical and Research Audiologist
University of Miami Ear Institute

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Cochlear Implants for Veterans: How the VA Provides Coverage and the Role of Telehealth

Doug Hildrew MD
Medical Director, Yale Hearing and Balance Program
Yale School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare

Cyndi E. Trueheart AuD
Clinical Audiology
Connecticut Veteran’s Administration Healthcare System

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Webinars for Parents:

Why We Need to Talk about Late Onset Hearing Loss

Valerie James Abbott, Author and Advocate

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A Focus on CMV

Cedric Pritchett MD
Medical Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Nemours Children’s Hospital

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What Happens During a CI Evaluation for a Child?

Casey Stach AuD
Cochlear Implant Program, University of Michigan

Kelly Starr MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Michigan Medicine’s Cochlear Implant Program

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Understanding Your Child’s CI Programming Session

Terry Zwolan PhD, Director of Audiology at   Hearing First

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ABCs of IEPs: Guidance for Parents of Kids with Cochlear Implants

John Flanders Esq.
Special Education Lawyer

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Webinars for Adults and Parents:

What Happens at the CI Activation?

Meredith Holcomb AuD
Director, Hearing Implant Program
University of Miami Ear Institute

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What Happens During CI Surgery?

Daniel M. Zeitler MD
Co-Director, Listen for Life Center
Virginia Mason Medical Center

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Finding a Listening and Spoken Language Professional Who Meets Your Needs

Teresa Caraway PhD
CEO, Hearing First

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The mission of the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance is to advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.