Maurice Belote
State Deaf-Blind Coordinator
California
Pip Campbell
Early Intervention Research
Thomas Jefferson University
Pennsylvania
Diana Dalsimer
Fellow
Helen Keller National Center
Utah
Julie Durando
State Deaf-Blind Coordinator
Virginia
Jay Gense
Director
National Consortium for Deaf-Blindness
The Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
Oregon
Lynne Getz
Parent of Bobby Getz
North Carolina
Diane Kelly
State Deaf-Blind Director
Maryland
Matt and Becky Lowell
Parents of Laci Lowell
Texas
Kathy McNulty
Associate Director
National Consortium for Deaf-Blindness
Helen Keller National Center
New York
Carmen Schulte
CI Audiologist
Witchita Ear Clinic
Kansas
Dorothy Walt
Regional Representative
Helen Keller National Center
Washington
Tamara Blum Yanuck
Parent of Andrew Yanuck
Missouri
Consultants
Larry Irvin
Evaluation Consultant
Kansas
Joe Spradlin
Research Consultant
Kansas
Members of the Grant Advisory Committee
Determining the Benefits and Challenges of Cochlear Implants for Children with Combined Hearing and Vision Loss
Children Who are Deaf-Blind with Cochlear Implants
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education-Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 84.327A). Grant H327A080045; Project Officer, Maryann McDermott. Opinions express within are those of the project/author and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.
Project Staff
Kat Stremel Thomas
Project Director
The Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
Susan M. Bashinski
Associate Professor of Special Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
East Carolina University
Susan Wiley, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Charlotte Ruder
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Mark Schalock
Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
Bernie Samples
NCDB Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
Peggy Malloy
NCDB Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
Cindi Mafit
Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
