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Trekking to the Top—Learning to Listen and Talk: Changes in Attitude and Knowledge After a Family Camp Intervention

A camp-based conference was designed through collaborative efforts as a replicable intervention for infants and young children newly identified with hearing loss and their families. The educational curriculum was designed to target families choosing listening and spoken language as a communication outcome for their child. One of the goals of this conference was to promote parental empowerment and self-efficacy utilizing a coaching model of family-centered intervention and engagement in a shared learning environment. Pre- and post-conference program assessment of the ed