Telepractice Today

Mary Lofreso is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist who specializes in Auditory-Verbal Therapy and is currently working toward her certification to become a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist. She began her career at DePaul School for Hearing and Speech where she worked with children who were Deaf and Hard of Hearing and their families to learn how to listen and speak. She currently works as an SLP for the Hearing Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH. Mary has been practicing via telehealth since she was a graduate student and has used it every day in her career since. She is always excited to find new and innovative ways to provide her patients and families with the best care and to encourage other professionals to step out of their comfort zone to do the same.

Hannah Eskridge, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Director of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC. She has been working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families for 20 years. She conducts Listening and Spoken Language parent participation sessions and tele-therapy sessions. Her primary interests are related to the use of strengths based coaching with professionals throughout the world in order to see the field of Listening and Spoken Language expand as well as working with families just beginning their journey in teaching their children to listen and talk, particularly vulnerable families with limited resources.

Melissa Anderson, AuD, CCC-A is an audiologist at the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC. She graduated with her Au.D. from the University of Florida in 2014 and has been working at the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC since 2017. She is interested in finding new ways to use technology to provide care closer to home for her patients.

Molly is a Speech/Language Pathologist and Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist with a passion for supporting families and their children with hearing loss work toward reaching their individual potential. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communicative Disorders from the University of Redlands in Southern California, and Master’s degree from San Francisco State University. She served as the SLP for the Cochlear Implant Team at Children’s Hospital Oakland, and in a lovely twist of fate has returned now that it is called UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland working specifically as a research SLP on a study focused on the efficacy of telepractice. In the dozen years between these jobs, she worked for BabyTalk Teleintervention, early intervention programs for children with hearing loss in West Contra Costa Unified School District, Center for Early Intervention on Deafness, Regional Center of the East Bay, Utah School for the Deaf and Blind and operated a successful private practice in Salt Lake City prior to returning to sunny California. She lives on a couple acres with her husband, two daughters, two dogs, and three cats outside of Sacramento. Her family loves spending time outside, exploring new areas, trying new restaurants, and listening to podcasts!

Maria Bernabe, MS, CCC-SLP is a bilingual, ASHA certified, Speech-Language Pathologist in Collier and Lee Counties of Florida. She helps children and adolescents with a variety of speech and language disorders or delays. She also provides feeding and swallowing intervention. Maria specializes in the pediatric population and teletherapy services. She has worked in hospitals, schools, private practice and outpatient facilities.

Maria is the co-founder of Telehealth Specialists, an educational site dedicated to providing information to Speech and Language Pathologists seeking to learn about the field of telehealth.

Maria is the recipient of an ACE Award from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association for her dedication to continuing education in the field of Speech-Language Pathology. She has several specialty trainings and certifications in order to better serve the people in her community.

She has several ventures:

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