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Concurrent 4.3 - Development of the Ling-Madell-Hewitt Test Battery & Clinical Application of LMH 10 Sound Test

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Development of the Ling-Madell-Hewitt Test Battery
The Ling-Madell-Hewitt (LMH) quick test is intended to provide additional information missing from the Ling Six Sound Test. The battery includes the quick test, from detection through repetition, to repetition of all phonemes, through the medial consonant test. Discussion will include interpretation of the test results.

During this session, participants will:

  • Describe why the LMH test battery was developed.
  • Will be able to perform the LMH quick test and interpret the results.
  • Discuss how to proceed with the other components of the LMH test battery.

Clinical Application of LMH 10 Sound Test

The new LMH 10 Sound Test provides increased screening coverage across the low, mid, and high frequencies. This presentation discusses how this test is clinically applied across different age groups, degrees of hearing loss, hearing device users, and languages spoken at home. Recommendations are made to support effective clinical application.

During this session, participants will:
  • Understand the LMH 10 Sound Test as a screening tool.
  • Describe the advantages and limitations of the test for different age groups, hearing device users, and languages spoken at home.
  • Outline factors to consider in test administration and interpretation of results to support effective clinical application.

Contributors

  • Jane Madell Ph.D., CCC-A/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

    Dr Madell currently teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to managing hearing loss in children. She is former director of the Beth Israel/NYEE Hearing Center. With Joan Hewitt, she has developed the LMH battery

  • Joan Hewitt Au.D., CCC-A, FAAA

    With advanced degrees in both auditory-oral teaching of the deaf and audiology, Dr. Hewitt specializes in diagnosing and treating infants and children with hearing loss. She works in private practice and teaches at CalState-San Marcos.

  • Inge Kaltenbrunn, B.Sp&Audio, MCommunication Pathology, LSLS Cert. AVT

    Inge Kaltenbrunn (B.Sp&Audio, MCommunication Pathology, LSLS Cert. AVT), Best Practice Lead, Early Intervention (Hearing) at NextSense in Australia, is involved in program development, mentoring, training and delivering cochlear implant habilitation and early intervention.

  • Kylie Chisholm, SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

    Kylie graduated from Speech Pathology in 1997 and completed her LSLS Cert. AVT in 2007. She manages 4 of 20 sites at NextSense, Australia as well as providing cochlear implant habilitation for children and adults.

June 30, 2022
Thu 2:30 PM EDT

Duration 1H 0M

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