Live broadcast (one-time viewing only): September 11, 2025, 1:00–2:00 p.m. Eastern time

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Description:

This webinar will discuss data-driven frameworks that support language access in health care as well as specific, practical, and appropriate ways you can support language access in hearing care spaces. The speaker will provide tips to improve communication channels with patients who speak a different language than you do, using examples related to Spanish-speaking patients.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Describe three strategies for improving hearing care delivery for Spanish-speaking patients
• List at least five clinical tools available in Spanish to assess adult patients and describe pros and cons of each tool
• Describe the benefits of using specific interpreting modalities when working with hard-of-hearing Spanish-speaking patients

Related Courses

This is one of three courses in the ASHA Audiology 2025: ASHA Certification Maintenance Topics webinar series. See all the courses in this series.

DEI Professional Development Requirement

This course counts toward the ASHA certification maintenance professional development requirement for DEI (which encompasses cultural competency; cultural humility; culturally responsive practice; and diversity, equity, and inclusion). See more courses that count toward this requirement or read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.

Presenter Information

Dr. Alejandra Ullauri, AuD, MPH (she/her/hers) is a bilingual audiologist based in Chicago, the founder of Audiology En Español, and the author of Audiology Services in Diverse Communities. She is a native Spanish speaker, born and raised in Ecuador. Dr. Ullauri studied audiology in the U.S. and Australia, and she has been fortunate to practice the profession in both languages: 2 years in the United Kingdom, 12 years in the U.S., and 7 years in Ecuador. She possesses clinical Spanish language skills and knowledge of current standardized and validated test materials in Spanish. She is also a member of the National Association of Medical Spanish and a verified Physician Oral Language Observation Matrix POLOM) Rater. Dr. Ullauri currently participates as a subject matter expert on pediatric hearing screening methods at the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety. Dr. Ullauri is committed to excellence in audiology and in training the next generation of audiologists. She currently serves of the Board of Directors at the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education. She also holds the following certifications issued by the American Board of Audiology: Cochlear Implants Specialty (CISC) and Audiology Preceptor (CH-AP).

Disclosures:

• Founder of Audiology En Español and receives a salary from this entity
• Book royalties
• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by September 13, 2025. 

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar: September 11, 2025
1:00–2:00 p.m. Eastern time

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).