Co-Founder, National Late Onset Hearing Loss Awareness Campaign and author of Padapillo and Padapillo (Edición en español)
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
Valerie James Abbott is a parent-advocate, an award-winning author, and a champion for early hearing detection and intervention. She is also the parent-activist behind the national pediatric Late Onset Hearing Loss Awareness Campaign, a grassroots effort she launched in 2021 with the help of her friend Justin Osmond, CEO/Founder of the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund. This new campaign has been supported and applauded by organizations including: the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the National CMV Foundation, and the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM). Valerie is employed by the Center for Family Involvement at the Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia Commonweath University, supporting programs that benefit families of children who have recently been identified as deaf/hard of hearing and projects that support the mission of the Virginia Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program. Valerie is a past board member of Virginia Hands & Voices and in June 2022 she began her second term as co-chair of the Virginia EHDI Advisory Committee. She remains an active member of the Henrico Area Mental Health and Developmental Services CSB and enjoys guest speaking at colleges, universities and civic organizations about the real life facts and impacts of postnatal hearing loss and the need for more frequent hearing screening between birth and school age.
Saturday, February 4, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
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