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10/25/2019  |   1:00 PM - 4:00 PM   |  Ventana Ballroom C

Phonak Symposium (no registration fee, sponsored by Phonak)

Phonak Symposium
Building a Hearing Care Program for Children: Technology and Beyond (no registration fee, sponsored by Phonak)

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Presentation:
18369_12466JanetDesGeorges.pdf

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Edie Gibson (Co-Presenter), Hear The World , ediegibson@advancedbionics.com;
Edie Gibson received her MS in Audiology from Gallaudet University and Doctorate of Audiology from the University of Florida. Prior to joining Advanced Bionics in 2005, she worked as a pediatric audiologist in a non-profit clinic. Dr. Gibson has engaged as an employee volunteer through Sonova’s Hear the World Foundation since 2014, numerous times serving as a skilled volunteer with the Hear Haiti project, organizing corporate fundraising, and serving as an employee member of the Hear The World Foundation Board.

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Patricia Roush (Primary Presenter), none, none;
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Janet DesGeorges (Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, janet@handsandvoices.org;
Janet DesGeorges lives in Boulder, Colorado and is mom to Sara, who is D/HH. She is a co-founder of Hands & Voices, serving as the Executive Director since September 2011. Janet has presented to groups worldwide about the experiences of families as they journey through life with a child with deafness. Ms. DesGeorges is the author on the chapter for Family Support in the NCHAM e-Book, the co-author of the book Educational Advocacy for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and many other publications. Ms. DesGeorges received a program certificate from the MCH Public Health Leadership Institute in 2011 at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Her areas of interest include Leadership Development for parents; Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Systems; Parent/Professional partnerships in Quality Improvement processes and international parent-to-parent support.

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Sherri Fickenscher (Co-Presenter), none, none1;
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