His primary areas of research include spoken language acquisition in children with hearing loss, strategies for enhancing parent engagement in the intervention process, and telepractice as a service delivery model. Prior to joining the faculty at The University of Akron, Houston was an assistant professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University (2007-2011) and is a former Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (2002-2007) of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) in Washington, D.C.Workshop Title: Telepractice: International Perspectives and Applications with Clients, Families and Professionals