Dear Friends -- I am so pleased to share with you our newest video straight out of Vietnam which includes interviews with select families and professionals who have benefited from our Vietnam Program over the past five years. Their words of gratitude and progress are a testament to the incredible support that you have lent to our efforts. Please take a few minutes to click on the image below to watch the video as a token of our appreciation.
The Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss just arrived home from our sixth successful Vietnam Summer Training Program. Below are some highlights from the experience. Thank you for helping us to realize our vision that children with hearing loss can reach their full potential -- no matter where in the world they live. I hope you and your family enjoyed a wonderful summer and are looking forward to exciting new endeavors this Fall.
2015 Summer Training Program Highlights Fifty Vietnamese therapists, teachers, and audiology technicians traveled to Thuan An Center, Vietnam from schools, clinics, and centers across the country to take part in our Summer Training Program. This advanced group of participants continued their professional development in pediatric audiology, auditory-verbal practice, and early intervention. More than 70 families with children under 6 years of age joined in the practical teaching experience.
One special moment among many came when we provided a 17 month old with her first-ever pair of hearing aids, thanks to our partners at Hear the World Foundation. We captured this sweet video clipof her in the sound booth moments after she received her new hearing aids. This little girl and her family will receive ongoing audiology and early intervention support from Vietnamese professionals we have trained through our program to help her learn to listen and talk. This is just another example of how our focus on building local capacity is enabling the Vietnamese to take care of their own.
Our Hall of Fameat the bottom of our Make a Difference webpage lists all the professionals who have contributed time and talent to the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss. A big Thank You to everyone involved for a truly dedicated effort.
HALL OF FAME
We are grateful to all the professionals who have contributed their time, talents, and expertise to the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss:
Lyndsey Allen, SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Emily Lund, PhD, CCC-SLP
Jill Bargones, PhD, CCC-A
Jane Madell, PhD, CCC-A/SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Ann Baumann, MSc,CCC-SLP LSLS Cert AVEd
Megan Mansfield, AuD, CCC-A
Maura Berndsen, MA, CD, LSLS Cert AVT
Brad McPherson, PhD
Anita Bernstein, MScA, LSLS Cert AVT
Lauri Nelson, PhD, CCC-A
Terra Boulse-Archaro, MA, CCC-SLP
Judy Nguyen, MA, CCC-SLP
Stacy Claycomb, AuD CCC-A
Dorie Noll, MSDE, CED, LSLS Cert AVEd
Becky Clem, MA, CCC-SLP,LSLS Cert AVT
Judy Odendahl, MA Ed, LSLS Cert AVEd
Mary Daniels, MA Ed, LSLS Cert AVEd
Nadine Palmateer, MA, CCC-A
Myriam De La Asuncion, AuD, CCC-A
Jacque Patton, MSc, CCC-A, LSLS Cert AVT
Michael Douglas, MA,CCC-SLP,LSLS Cert AVT
Elizabeth Preston, AuD, CCC-A
Charlotte Ducote, PhD, CCC-SLP
Joanne Restivo, AuD, CCC-A
Patricia Eckels, MS, CED
Pat Roush, AuD, CCC-A
Hannah Eskridge, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Jay Rubinstein, MD, PhD
Sherri Fickenscher, MS, CED, LSLS Cert AVEd
Dawn Ruley, AuD, CCC-A
Sarah Florence, AuD, CCC-A
Claire Schleicher, AuD, CCC-A
Janet Fuller, MA Ed
Judy Simser,O.Ont, Dip. Ed. Deaf, Cert AVT
Hillary Ganek, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Christi Sperry, AuD, F-AAA
Sharad Govil, MSc, F-AAA
Sally Tannenbaum, M.Ed, CED, LSLS Cert AVT
Allison Haggerty, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Ellen Thomas, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Kim Hamren, MA Ed, CED, LSLS Cert AVT
Erin Thompson, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Sandra Hancock, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Julie Verhoff, AuD, PhD, CCC-A, F-AAA
Amy Hardie, MEd, CED
Sherri Vernelson, MS, LSLS Cert AVEd
Martha Harney, MS, CCC-A, F-AAA
Zofia Wald-Mroz, AuD, MS
Lillian Henderson, MSP,CCC-SLP,LSLS Cert AVT
Jim Watson, MSc, LSLS Cert AVT
Joan Hewitt, AuD, ABA, CCC-A
Lea Watson, MSc, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Devon Huning, AuD, F-AAA
Kathryn Wilson, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Mary Jones, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Lynn Wood, MA, CCC-A, LSLS Cert AVT
Margaret Knott, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Pam Yoshihara, MA, CED, LSLS Cert AVEd
Denise Kossover-Wechter, AuD, CCC-A
Helen Zuganelis, MS, CCC-SLP
Landon Lacey, MS, CCC-SLP
Graduate Students: Thao Dinh, Jane Fenton, Liz Hankins, Christy Huynh, Elizabeth Golhofer, Jon Jolivette, Ada Lau, Cherry Li, Chris Li, Ada Lo, Kate Powell, Jeanette Smoot, Kevin Tam, Lorianne Trinh