RESOURCES

Below are Resources for Children and Adults with Hearing Loss:

• Webinars
• Consumer/Parent Workshop
• Most Queried Topics and All Americas Video
• ACI Alliance YouTube Channel
• CI Candidacy for Children and Adults with Hearing Loss
• Pediatric Habilitation After Cochlear Implantation
• Stories (Children, Young Adults, Adults, Veterans, and Parents)

Video Resources

Journey of Sound to the Brain, Courtesy of NIDCD

Hearing and How it Works, Courtesy of MED-EL

How a Cochlear Implant Works, Courtesy of Advanced Bionics

Cochlear Implants in Children, Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine

I Want to Hear, Courtesy of Cochlear

Other oranzation links

Following is a list of links to organizations and other web sites that provide a wide variety of information, services and resources related to cochlear implants. 

BIPOC-CSD Network
Viral Tejani AuD, PhD
Senior Clinical Research Audiologist, CI Program
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / Case Western Reserve University

BIPOC-CSD is a network of students, post-doctoral associates, clinicians, and scientists who work in communications sciences and disorders (CSD including hearing/balance/speech language pathology) and otolaryngology. This movement was initiated in the Fall of 2021 due to a pronounced lack of diversity in CSD and otolaryngology, which is problematic given the diverse population we serve.  For example, the latest survey conducted by the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association showed that 92% of audiologists and speech language pathologists in the U.S are White.  The remainder are classified as Asian, Black, Multiracial, Native American, and Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander. This contrasts with the U.S. workforce which much more diverse (64.4% White, 11.6% Black, 5.3% Asian, 1.8% Multiracial, 0.6% Native Americans, and 0.2% Native Hawaiians / Other Pacific Islanders). ^1,2

One of the challenges that BIPOC individuals in our field face is a lack of access to mentors and cohorts to share ideas and experiences with. This lack of guidance and mentorship creates another barrier to success.  The goal of the BIPOC-CSD network is to provide a safe affinity space centered on networking, mentoring, and a source of support. Members identify as BIPOC/underrepresented minority and come from various professional backgrounds including clinical practice, academia, and industry. 

Please feel free to join our list-serv if you work in our field and are a member of a BIPOC/racial-ethnic minority community. The best way to join is to fill out our google form: https://forms.gle/KAqtUNesNUrdPPdUA. We have a Slack channel that is also an affinity space. Please email Dr. Anahita Mehta to join the Slack channel at: anamehta@med.umich.edu. The network meets regularly over Zoom and meeting notices are provided on the list-serv as well as the Slack channel.  Updates regarding BIPOC-CSD can also be found under https://www.monitachatterjee.com/bipoc-csd

¹ American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (2021). Annual demographic and employment data - 2020 member and affiliate profile.

² U.S. Census Bureau (2020) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Dataset S1601, retrieved on 5/19/2022 from: Data Census.gov