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Hyatt Regency Chicago
May 6-9, 2026 |
Hotel: Hyatt Regency Chicago
Educator Workshop to be Held Wednesday, May 6
Supporting Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing to Maximize Language Learning with 21st Century Hearing Technology: A Workshop for Early Intervention and Educational Professionals and Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Cost: $95
 | 5/6/2026 |
| When: | Wednesday May 6, 2026
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
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| Where: | Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel
151 E Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
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Register Here
Workshop Details
Learner Objectives
- Update Educational and Early Intervention (EI) professionals on 21st Century hearing technology
- Review the impact of a young child’ intervention age on outcomes with hearing aids and cochlear implants
- Empower parents to use the language of the home to stimulate their child’s language learning
- Describe support and accommodations children with cochlear implants and hearing aids need at school
- Review resources available from organizations and cochlear implant companies
CEUs: To be provided from ASHA, American Academy of Audiology, AG Bell. Supporting documentation will allow attendees to submit for Educator or Early Intervention Continuing Education Credits
Parking: Additional parking can be found at the nearby Illinois Center:
One Illinois Center
111 E. Wacker Drive
ACI Alliance CE and Meeting Policies
The themes of CI2026 Chicago include:
- Optimizing clinic efficiency and program growth (telemedicine, patient navigators, others)
- Emerging technologies in cochlear implantation
- Unique challenges in SSD/AHL patients (pediatrics, tinnitus, Medicare)
- Management and rehabilitation of challenging hearing loss etiologies (ANSD, CN hypoplasia/aplasia, others)
- Mental health comorbidities in CI care
- Speech perception testing for non-English speakers
- Cognition and CI in aging patients
- Socioeconomic factors and health disparities in CI care
