The date for DHH Teen Day has finally been selected. Join dozens of other teens on September 17, 2012 in the Shore Family Forum at the Ben Nighthorse Campbell Building. Teen Day is a one-day annual event open to all teenagers who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) in Colorado. The structure of Teen Day includes presentations by experts on the chosen topic, panels of DHH adults, activities to promote social interaction among the teens, and workshops to apply lessons learned from the presentations. We encourage teachers and parents to further explore the topics introduced at Teen Day by discussing them in the classroom and at home. Teen Day is a no-cost event to the teens, made possible by the generous support of the Marion Downs Hearing Center Foundation, grants, and corporate sponsorships. Teens who are in private schools, home schooled, or do not otherwise have access to a school bus can be dropped off by parents or attend via videoconferencing.

More information will be made available on our website as the event draws near.

If you have any questions, please email us at mdhc@uch.edu

Reading Race for Literacy 2012

 
Support the Marion Downs Hearing Center's Second Annual Reading Race for Literacy

June 1, 2012-October 1, 2012

Literacy is the cornerstone to education. Help us advocate for literacy in children and adults by joining us on this summer reading race. Reading Race for Literacy was created to raise awareness about literacy challenges among children with hearing loss as well as to fundraise to support the Marion Downs Hearing Center programs and services.

Reading Race for Literacy is open to all ages. If you choose to participate, the packet will include information to send to families and friends, a reading log based upon your age, and a sponsorship sheet with guidelines on how to collect pledges from your sponors.

Your goal should be to seek sponsors who can donate a certain amount of money for every book you read this summer. Remember prizes are awarded!

Proceeds raised through this event will benefit MDHC's effort to fill the service gaps for children who are deaf and hard of hearing, including our preschool and teen programs.

If you have any questions, or would like to request a Reading Race for Literacy reading log, please email us at mdhc@uch.edu

Thank you for your support. 

Let's get our Read on!

Click here for the Reading Race for Literacy Directions and Reading Log 

Jerry Northern is Professor Emeritus at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine in Denver, Colorado. He is President of the Colorado Hearing Foundation and serves as a consultant to the Marion Downs Hearing Center at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver. Dr. Northern retired from the faculty of at University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1996 after 26 at the University Hospital as Professor of Otolaryngology and Director of Audiology Clinical Services. He was the corporate Vice-President of Professional Services for HearUSA from 1996-2006, and served as Director of Pediatric Audiology for Starkey Hearing Laboratories from 2008 - 2010.

Dr. Northern is a native of Denver, Colorado where he was raised by his deaf grandparents and grew up using American Sign Language as a second language.  He received a BA degree in Experimental Psychology from Colorado College in 1962, holds Master's Degrees from Gallaudet University of Washington, DC (MS, 1963) and the University of Denver (MA, 1964) and earned his PhD in Audiology at the University of Colorado (Boulder) in 1966. He served in the US Army Medical Services Corps during the Viet Nam Conflict from 1966 - 1968 and continued in civilian status as the Assistant Director of the US Army Audiology and Speech Pathology Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center through 1970.

A prolific author, he has written, edited and co-authored more than a dozen textbooks including several reprinted in multiple editions and translated into foreign language editions. His textbooks are widely used in colleges and universities and include Hearing in Children (5^th Edition, 2003), Hearing Disorders (3^rd Edition, 1996), Probe Microphone Measurements: Hearing Aid Selection and Assessment (1992), and Infants and Hearing (1996). He has written more than 30 chapters in other textbooks and authored more than 65 scientific journal articles. Dr. Northern founded and served as editor of the quarterly audiology journal, Seminars in Hearing, from 1975 - 2000.

Dr. Northern travels extensively and has served as a consultant for audiology practice issues on nearly every continent including nearly 30 different countries. He has served as a consultant to a wide variety of commercial firms, publishers and government agencies, and has served on numerous national policy-making committees and task forces. For pleasure, Dr. Northern enjoys adventure travel and is an avid mountain climber, hiker and skier. He has been on two expeditions to the Himalayas in Nepal, the Tour de Mt. Blanc in Europe, and climbed Mts. Rainer, Whitney, Kilimenjaro and more than 40 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks. He has four children and eight grandchildren.  

The Marion Downs Hearing Center would like to thank Dr. Northern for his generous donation from the Colorado Hearing Foundation to support the Campus Connections Program.

Campus Connections 2012

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