Translational Research IIIListening in Noise in Your Second Language The linguistic diversity in the US has exponentially increased over the past few decades. And even though audiological intervention is often focused on oral communication, clinical speech recognition assessments have remained mostly stagnant - heavily focused, designed, and normed for monolingual speakers of English. In this presentation, English speech recognition data will be presented for people who are second language learners of English, multi-lingual English speakers, and monolingual English speakers. These data will be presented in relation to the participants’ linguistic histories. Best practices for linguistically characterizing study participants will also be discussed and future ideas for clinical intervention will be explored. Lastly, the Innovative Mentoring through Professional Advancement and Cultural Training (IMPACT) program will be introduced as an example program to help diversify our profession.
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