Many deaf and hard-of-hearing students may be supported by professionals who do not have training in listening, speech, and spoken language development (Houston & Perigoe, 2010a, 2010b). In fact,...

Many deaf and hard-of-hearing students may be supported by professionals who do not have training in listening, speech, and spoken language development (Houston & Perigoe, 2010a, 2010b). In fact, there is federal awareness (Joint Committee on Infant Hearing, 2007) that there is a shortage of specially trained professionals who understand how to facilitate learning with advanced hearing technology with the birth to 5 years population.