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A Conversation with Barbara Hecht!

A Conversation with Barbara Hecht!

FromThe Listening Brain


A Conversation with Barbara Hecht!

FromThe Listening Brain

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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Sep 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Barbara Hecht, director of Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech in the Boston area (Clarke Boston), received her undergraduate degree in linguistics and psychology at Harvard University and her PhD in linguistics and child language development at Stanford University. She has a long and accomplished career as an educator and deaf education specialist. She has long been an innovator in and advocate of distance learning. Prior to her work at Clarke, Dr. Hecht directed the John Tracy Clinic (JTC) in Los Angeles, CA. At Clarke, Dr. Hecht has been a leader in the development of teleservices for families of infants and young children.   About Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech & Clarke’s Evidence-Based Teleservices  Children who are deaf or hard of hearing learn to listen and talk at Clarke. After expanding its brick-and-mortar locations along the East Coast, the national nonprofit organization continued to hear from families who were not able to access Clarke’s in-person listening and spoken language (LSL) early intervention services.  In response to this need, Clarke created the tVISIT (telepractice: Virtual Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers) Program with support from private foundations and pilot funding from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Since 2013, tVISITs give families direct access to experienced, listening and spoken language, early intervention practitioners, regardless of the family’s proximity to on-site services. The Donahue Institute (University of Massachusetts) has provided formative feedback and summative evaluation during all phases of Clarke’s implementation of the tVISIT Program. In addition to increasing the accessibility of Clarke’s early intervention services, evaluation data demonstrate the effectiveness of this mode of service delivery. Not only do tVISIT children make developmental progress comparable to that of in-person-only children, but tVISITs support professional-caregiver communication and parent coaching. For example, in a recent survey, more than 95% of caregivers participating in tVISITS said that they were able to establish effective communication and healthy relationships with their tVISIT provider and were confident that they acquired effective strategies for developing their child’s communication skills. Today, Clarke has adopted tVISITs as an evidence-based standard of care in early intervention at its five locations.   
Released:
Sep 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (62)

For most of us, we must be able to listen in order to speak. Put another way, listening plus speaking equals successful communication. Fortunately, for children with hearing loss, listening has become less of a challenge due to the availability of testing that allows early detection of hearing loss and the early use of advanced hearing technology – like hearing aids and cochlear implants. This podcast, The Listening Brain, will celebrate listening and speaking in the context of childhood hearing loss. Hosted by K. Todd Houston, Ph.D., a noted Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, speech-language pathologist, and Professor, the podcast will explore educational trends, new developments in technology, and advances in research. We will interview professionals in the fields serving a child with hearing loss, and, most importantly, families who are supporting their children on this journey to listening and spoken language success. And, equally, as important, we’ll also hear from adults with hearing loss who will share their unique stories and experiences about growing up with deafness and how deafness is now being redefined for future generations.