North Texas Cochlear Implant Symposium - A Bruton Conference

North Texas Cochlear Implant Symposium - A Bruton Conference

Date: Friday, May 3, 2024
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Callier Center, 1966 Inwood Road, Dallas, Texas 75235, Glorig Auditorium
Continuing Education: 0.55 AAA CEUs | 0.55 ASHA CEUs

Course Description

The North Texas Cochlear Implant (CI) Symposium provided an interprofessional program for audiologists, physicians, speech pathologists, and others involved in the care of CI recipients.  Topics discussed included outcomes in CI recipients, identifying labyrinthitis, measures for evaluating special candidacy concerns, telepractice considerations, and surgical considerations in special populations.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:
Identify benefits of cochlear implantation in children
Describe audiologic approaches to monitoring balance issues in cochlear implant candidates
Describe surgical issues in special populations receiving cochlear implants

Course Directors

Walter Kutz, MD | Melissa Sweeney, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert AVT

Featured Speaker

Sharon Cushing, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
Otolaryngologist and the Director of the Cochlear Implant Program, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children

Additional Speakers

• Sara Crow, BS
• Kim Fiorentino, AuD, CCC/A
• Amanda Frost, Aud, CCC-A, PASC, AIB-VAM
• Hitomi Sakano, MD, PhD
• Kenneth Lee, MD
• Emily Lund, PhD
• Carrie Norman, MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert AVEd
• Angela Shoup, PhD
• Andrea Warner-Czyz, PhD
• Kathryn Wiseman, PhD

(Sponsored by The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology)