This project was developed as part of the college class, CD 315. It is a multigenre project, in which different types of writing (genres) are developed in order to address different purposes, voices, and audiences. It is important that everyone realize that the different “voices” used in this project are fictitious.

I began this project by developing an essential question in which to address. In order to do so, I had to choose a topic. After much thought and consideration, I chose to focus on how Chronic Otitis Media can cause a language delay in children. I chose this topic because I remembered briefly hearing about this in one of my classes, but the issue was not addressed thoroughly. I wanted to know exactly why this was true. Next, I had to decide which genres would best address the issue at hand. I decided to incorporate the "voices" of the clinician, audiologist, client, and parent. I begin with a PowerPoint presentation given by the clinician to a group of parents and teachers at a PTA meeting. Also provided is a referral letter from the audiologist to the SLP for a speech-language evaluation, and a letter to the parent from the SLP explaining the results of this evaluation. A poem is also provided that is written by the client with the aid of the SLP. Finally, I have included a webliography written by the clinician, which provides personal interests of the clinician as well as professional and research information.
I plan to use journal entry's written by the mother to integrate the genres. Along with integrating all of the genres, the journal will also serve the purpose of providing the mother’s reactions to the genres.

There are, of course, some people that have helped me in completing this project. I'd like to thank everyone in my class and Mrs. McComas for continuied help and advise throughout this project. The suggestions that I received from them helped to guide me in the right direction. I'd especially like to thank my group members, Jennifer, Summer, and Melissa for their feedback. Their opinions helped to open my eyes to ways of bettering my project. Last, but certainly not least, I'd like to thank my great friend and roommate, Frances, for her help and support throughout this project. It definitely helped to have someone so close at home to ask for opinions and advise. I greatly appreciate everyone's effort to help me. I couldn't have done it without each of your support!