This recorded dialog features audiologist Lauren Calandruccio, who discusses evaluating speech perception in patients who are non-native speakers of English and for whom Spanish is their native language. 

The discussion is a follow-up to the webinar Speech Audiometry for Linguistically Diverse Populations, available as part of the ASHA Learning Pass subscription or for a la carte purchase.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Summarize at least two new ideas, strategies, and/or perspectives you gained from the discussion ·
• Describe at least one insight from the discussion that you can share with others in your work setting

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

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.

Financial 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

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• 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

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 March 16, 2028.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: March 14, 2023
End date: March 16, 2028

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).