The likelihood of encountering multilingual individuals, non-English-speaking individuals, and non-native speakers of English in the clinic is becoming more common. As audiologists are working with linguistically diverse populations, they may find themselves asking, “How should I evaluate speech perception in my patients who are not monolingual speakers of English? Which speech materials should I use?” This webinar will review the current literature on multilingual and non-native speech perception and discuss approaches to best serve patients from diverse linguistic backgrounds.

Learning Outcomes  
You will be able to:

• Explain the challenges that non-native English speakers face when listening in noise
• List suggested guidelines for working with multilingual patients

Related Course

You may also be interested in a recorded dialog with the presenter from this webinar, Lauren Calandruccio, PhD, CCC-A: Conversations on Working With Spanish-Speaking Audiology Patients, available as part of the ASHA Learning Pass subscription or for a la carte purchase.

Presenter Information

Lauren Calandruccio, PhD, CCC-A, is an Associate Professor and the Louis D. Beaumont University Professor II at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the first concurrent winner of the J. Bruce Jackson, M.D., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring and the Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Case Western Reserve. Calandruccio received her PhD from Syracuse University and her MA from Indiana University, where she studied audiology and hearing science. She is on the Board of Trustees for the ASHFoundation, where she has led the ASHFoundation University Giving Program for almost a decade. Calandruccio is a past associate editor for Ear and Hearing and editor for American Journal of Audiology. Previously, she proudly served on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the City University of New York at Queens College.

Disclosures:

• Salary support from an NIH grant
• Salary from Case Western Reserve University
• Inventor of Audiolab, is a licensed product of Simucase
• Consultant for Simucase
• Consultant for Boys Town National Research Hospital
• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation 
• ASHFoundation Board of Trustees
• Past member of journal boards of Ear & Hearing and American Journal of Audiology
• Co-director of a mentoring program (IMPACT), serving students interested in CSD from underrepresented groups in ASHA

Hear From the Speaker

Course Reviews

"All of the graphs and all of the explanations were great. I liked how you broke it down by language, age, and everything. The breakdown of each section was explained well."

"I can use the information learned from this course to help make recommendations and aid in my counseling with families of children who are bilingual with hearing loss."

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 the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: December 8, 2021 
End date: December 10, 2026

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Subject code 7030 
Counts toward PD requirement for ASHA certification maintenance for Content Area 2. Read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.