The Future Is Sound

Educational Audiology

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What does an educational audiologist do?

We'll explore this topic in today's interview with Melanie Monaghan. Melanie is an educational audiologist from Edmonton, Alberta who has had hearing loss from a young age. She's worked extensively with adult and pediatric amplification and diagnostics and has research expertise in cochlear implants. She also promotes hearing health awareness and self-advocacy in school-aged Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. Listen to this episode of The Future is Sound to learn about Melanie's role as an Educational Audiologist and what that entails, Melanie's own experiences with hearing loss growing up, and the positive changes she has seen for kids with hearing loss in recent years.

  • What educational audiology is and Melanie's role in the field
  • What Melanie's work looks like
  • New technology for the deaf in the classrooms
  • Melanie's experience with her own hearing loss growing up
  • The effects of social media on information and acceptance
  • What the industry can do to be better advocates and encourage people to advocate for themselves
  • The effects of COVID on the population of people with hearing loss
  • Positive changes for kids with hearing loss in recent times
  • Melanie's takeaways on being a good clinician
  • Melanie's hopes and dreams for educational audiology

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