Tracy B. Pate, M.S., CCC-SLP, Listening and Spoken Language Specialist/ Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, is the Program Coordinator for The Listening Center at Arkansas Children's Hospital. The Listening Center is an evaluation, therapy, and consultation program designed for the development of listening and spoken language skills for children and adults who are deaf and hard of hearing.  For the past thirty years, she has worked exclusively with this population.  Her responsibilities include working directly with families to educate and empower them on issues related to hearing loss.  She consults with Early Intervention professionals and school districts statewide to educate them on intervention for students using cochlear implant technology.  She provides direct speech language therapy and telehealth sessions to families as well.  She also uses a telehealth format to consult and educate other professionals who are serving the deaf and hard of hearing population.  She received certification to practice Auditory-Verbal Therapy in 1998, which places her in a group of highly qualified individuals specifically training to teach listening and spoken language to young children who are deaf and hard of hearing. https://www.archildrens.org/ https://www.archildrens.org/programs-and-services/audiology/Treatments/the-listening-center You can listen to this episode wherever you stream podcasts and at www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/the-listening-brain-podcast If you are a content creator and have a story to tell or expertise to share, consider working with the 3C Digital Media Network. For more information, contact K. Todd Houston, Founding Partner and CEO at todd@3cdigitalmedianetwork.com.