Webcast - Impact of CIs in Educational & Employment Settings

[Guest guest]

Individuals with COCHLEAR IMPLANTS

In Educational and Employment Settings

Participants will gain information on usage, statistics, benefits,

variables, fiscal/legal responsibilities and accommodations provided at the

secondary/postsecondary level and in the world of work.

Moderated by:

Dr. Terrell , Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program

Childrens Hospital Boston

Professional Panel:

Dr. , Cochlear Implant Coordinator/Audiologist

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Eileen , Audiologist

Maine Educational Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Macko, Director, Center on Employment

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Consumer Panel:

Dr. Mark , Audiologist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Heidi Forest, State Coordinator for the Deaf, CT Vocational Rehabilitation

a Israel, Student , Rochester Institute of Technology

Tuesday - September 14, 2010

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (EST)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm (CST)

10:00 am - 11:30 am (MST)

9:00 am- 10:30 am (PST)

Access this live link through Mediasite Player by SonicFoundry at:

http://hosted.mediasite.com/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=c16d56d648c84f3da6feacced

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Mediasite Player viewer information/requirements can be found at the end of

this announcement.

This event is sponsored by a collaborative agreement between

PEPNet-Northeast, which aims to advance educational and work opportunities

for individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and TACE-New England (Region

I) which provides technical assistance & continuing education services to

state vocational rehabilitation agencies and their partners. For more

information go to www.pepnet.org or www.tacne.org

Questions? Contact:

jane.nunes@...

mabedick@...

Accessibility information:

Sign language interpreters and captioning (English) will be provided.

Mediasite Player viewer information/requirements:

* Please note that the Microsoft SilverLight plug-in is required for viewing

of this webcast!

Link to detailed viewing requirements in Adobe PDF form

http://www.pepnetnortheast.rit.edu/documents/viewing_requirements.pdf

For Windows

- Microsoft Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003

- Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later, Firefox 2.0 or later, or Google Chrome

1.0

- Windows Media Player 9.0 or later

- Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 or later

- Broadband Internet connection (256Kbps or more)

For Macs

- Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later

- Safari 2.0.4 or later or Firefox 2.0 or later

- Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 or later if using Mediasite's new Silverlight

Players or Silverlight 1.0 or later if using Mediasite's classic Players*

- Broadband Internet connection (256Kbps or more)

For Linux

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, openSUSE 11.0 or later, Ubuntu 8.04, or

Fedora Core 9

- Firefox 2.0 or 3.0 depending on Linux operating system

- Moonlight 1.0

- Microsoft Media Pack for Moonlight

- Broadband Internet connection (256Kbps or more)

Links for the software listed above:

Silverlight http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3/

Windows Media Player

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx

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Thanks to Chery Heppner, NVRC News