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.

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.

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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."

Learning assessment

Self-assessment