Acknowledgments
Appreciation is expressed to the families who so willingly participated in this research and to the clinics that collaborated:
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Learning to Listen Foundation, Hospital for Sick Children, and the University of
Western Ontario. The authors wish to thank Deirdre Neuss for reviewing data codes. This work was supported through doctoral fellowships for the first author from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and from Advanced Bionics. We also thank Joanne Whittingham for assistance and acknowledge funding support from the Canadian Language and Literacy Network and the Masonic Foundation of Ontario.