Family Outreach Conference - Memphis

On August 28thth, Family Voices will be co-sponsoring a Family Outreach Conference to educate families of parents with deaf or hard of hearing children.  Our goal is to inform families of their options of communication, amplification, and education; help them to understand audiograms; and educate the families on the different types of hearing loss.  We also would like to provide the opportunity for families to connect with other families that have children that are deaf or hard of hearing.

Since Shelby County has the lowest rate of follow up after the failure of the initial newborn hearing screening in the state, we want to have this event to raise awareness of this issue and increase the follow up rate.  In order to do this, we are going to educate these families in the importance of detecting hearing loss as soon as possible.  Then families can have the best options for their child in the areas of communication, reading, and learning.

This event is free to families, but registration is required (see form below).  The event will feature:

• Free Speech and Hearing Screenings
• Sessions on:
  
• Understanding Audiograms
• Communication Options
• Deafness Advocacy
• Parent Notebook
• Assistive Listening Devices
• School system options in Shelby County for the Deaf/HH
• A Parent Panel of Parents with children that are Deaf/HH
• Door Prizes
• Vendors who have services for the Deaf /HH and will be on site through the day to share their resources with families
• Day care and activities for the children         
  

Event Sponsors:

• Family Voices of Tennessee (a program of the TN Disability Coalition)
  
• University of Memphis School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Departments
• National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
• TN Newborn Hearing and Screening Program

To Download Registration Form

To Download a Flyer in PDF (same information as above)

To Download a Flyer in MS Word (same information as above)