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CI2019 Pediatric Student Poster Competition

CI2019 Pediatric STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION

ACI Alliance held a student poster competition during CI2019 Pediatric, which was open to undergraduate and graduate students, and residents. Twenty-three posters were entered into the competition. Posters were judged on content, organization, originality, merit, and student presentation.

 


Gabrielle Watson

Phillip Mittman

Jessica MacLean

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year, we had three winners: Gabrielle Watson; Oregon Health & Science University, won for her poster “Barriers to Care for Latino Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Phillip Mittman; Unfallkrenkenhaus Berlin, won for his poster "Intracochlear pressure changes during cochlear implant electrode insertion with the 'pullback' technique." 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jessica MacLean; Frost School of Music, University of Miami, won for her poster "The impact of a drumming-to-speech intervention on prosody perception in children with cochlear implants: An exploratory study."

 

 

Honorable mentions for posters were awarded to Katelyn Berg; Vanderbilt University for "A longitudinal comparison of performance on a quick measure of spectral modulation detection (QSMD) between electrode types”, Gina Lauer; Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin for "Intracochlear pressure changes during CI electrode insertion - modifications for minimizing intracochlear pressure", and Elaine Smolen; Teachers College, Columbia University for "Language Input and Vocabulary Development for Children with Hearing Loss: 1-Year Follow-Up.”

We are grateful to the students and residents who participated in our second competition and to the judges for volunteering their time to engage with the students. 

 Some of our students participants. 

CI2019 STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION JUDGes

Christine Dinh, MD (University of Miami)
Adrien Eshraghi, MD (University of Miami)
Debora Hatch, AuD, CCC-A (Eastern Virginia Medical School)
Michael Hoa, MD (Georgetown University Medical Center)
Sarah Mowry, MD (University Hospitals)
Meredith Ouellette, MS, CCC-SLP (The River School)
Lisa Park, AuD, CCC-A (University of North Carolina Ear and Hearing Center)
Melissa Sweeney, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Denise Thomas, AuD (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago)
Naama Tsach, PhD (ACI Alliance Blog)
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.