Paula Rosenthal's Previous Speaking Engagements

 •  Guest Speaker on February 3^rd, Long Island Jewish Hospital Cochlear Implant Support Group

            ° Discussed cochlear implant experience.

 • Guest Speaker at Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Convention, Anaheim, CA

            ° Spoke on “Considerations for Relocating and Choosing an
Educational Program for Your Child with Hearing Loss”.


 • Guest Speaker at The Moog Center for Deaf Education, St. Louis, Missouri

            ° Spoke to participants in parent support group about daughter’s first year mainstreamed in public school program.

 • Speaker at Cochlear Implant Support Group of Southeast
Florida, Boca Raton, Florida

           ° Spoke to members about personal experiences with cochlear
             implant as well as daughter's cochlear implant journey. Included
             tips, resources and hand outs.
 

 • Teleconference participant for the federal Centers for Disease
Control's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program,
Washington, D.C.

          °  Spoke to parents and professionals about HearingExchange
             resources available to families of deaf and hard-of hearing
             children.

 • Panel participant for Hear US Long Island, Long Island, New York

           ° Discussed how cochlear implant surgery dramatically improved
             the quality of life of both me and my daughter.
 

 • Panel Participant at National Convention of Parents as Teachers, St. Louis, MO

           ° Discussed the specific needs of being a parent with a disability
             and necessary intervention services and accommodations
 

 • Guest Speaker at Board of Cooperational Educational Services (BOCES) for the Hearing Impaired, Long Island, New York

           ° Discussed experiences of growing up hearing impaired in the
             mainstream, parenting a hearing impaired child, special
             education issues, cochlear implant surgery and more.