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Last Modified: 06/14/2023

EHDI Staff Orientation Materials

Quick Start Guide for EHDI Coordinators and Program Staff [PDF]

EHDI Core Tutorials

QI Learning Modules

EHDI Coordinator Mentorship Program

Additional Resources

• Section 1: Technical Support for EHDI
  • Letter from Karl White, Director, EHDI National Technical Resource Center (NTRC) [PDF]
  • EHDI Glossary of Terms [PDF]
• Section 2: EHDI Conference Information
  • EHDI Conference
  • EHDI 101
• Section 3: Guidelines and Position Statements
  • Universal Screening for Hearing Loss in Newborns: US Preventative Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (2008) [PDF]
  • ASHA, Roles, Knowledge, and Skills: Audiologists Providing Clinical Services to Infants and Young Children Birth to 5 Years of Age [PDF]
  • ASHA, Guidelines for the Audiologic Assessment of Children from Birth to 5 Years of Age [PDF]
  • Year 2019 JCIH Position Statement
• Section 4: Hearing Loss
  • Common Causes of Hearing Loss (Harvard Medical School) [PDF]
  • Hearing Loss, Genetics and Your Child (American College of Medical Genetics) [PDF]
  • Newborn Screening ACT Sheet [Congenital Hearing Loss >30db] [PDF]
  • Degrees and Types of Hearing Loss [PDF]
  • Newborn Hearing Screening—A Silent Revolution (Morton & Nance, 2006) [PDF]
• Section 5: Program Evaluation
  • Understanding demographic data
  • "SMART" Objectives (March of Dimes) [PDF]
  • Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health (CDC) [PDF]
• Section 6: Newborn Hearing Screening
  • C. Everett Koop, M.D., Pursuing Excellence in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention [PDF]
  • Newborn Hearing Screening Program Checklist (ASHA) [PDF]
  • Success of Infant Screening Creates Urgent Need for Better Follow-up (Nemes, 2006) [PDF]
  • Developing a Strong Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (Farrell, 2009) [PDF]
• Section 7: Diagnostic Hearing Test
  • Hearing Assessment in Infants and Children: Recommendations Beyond Neonatal Screening (APA, 2009) [PDF]
• Section 8: Medical Evaluations
  • AAP EHDI FAQs for Pediatricians (2021) [PDF]
  • Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Intervention: Guidelines for Pediatric Medical Home Providers (AAP, 2003) [PDF]
  • Facts About Genetic Testing (Harvard Medical School) [PDF]
  • American College of Medical Genetics, Hearing Loss Flow Chart (2006) [PDF]
  • AAP Bright Futures [PDF]
• Section 9: Early Intervention
  • Speech and Language Developmental Milestones (NIDCD) [PDF]
  • Current State of Knowledge: Language and Literacy of Children with Hearing Impairment (Moeller, et al, 2007) [PDF]
  • Zero to Three [PDF]
  • Part C of the IDEA: Early Intervention [PDF]
• Section 10: Improving Services to Underrepresented and Underserved
  • US Department of Health and Human Services, The Office of Minority Health, What is Cultural Competency [PDF]
  • National Standards on Cultural and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) [PDF]
  • Unnatural Causes Series [PDF]
  • Books to Advance Cultural Humility [PDF]
  • Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Checklist [PDF]
  • Diversity and Inclusion Resources [PDF]
  • Serving underserved populations [PDF]
• Section 11: Deaf Culture
  • Deaf Culture, Pep Net Tip sheet, Rochester Institute of Technology People, MA Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing [PDF]
  • Guidelines for Effective Communication with Deaf, Late-Deafened, and Hard of Hearing People [PDF]
• Section 12: Family Support
  • Hands and Voices
  • Family Voices
  • Communicate with your Child
  • Where Families Find Support Diagram [PNG]
• Section 13: Early Childhood Hearing Screening
  • Early Childhood Hearing Screening: Not Just for Newborns Anymore (NCHAM) [PDF]
• Section 14: Hot Topics
  • The Impact of Privacy Regulations (NCHAM) [PDF]
  • Loss to Follow-Up in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (ASHA) [PDF]
• Section 15: Additional Resources
  • How to change a HRSA project director in the EHBs
  • CDC: Change in Personnel Request [DOCX]
  • CDC: EHDI-IS Functional Standards
  • NCHAM E-Book
  • Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC)
  • Flyer for Professionals: Do you know the newborn hearing screening results for each infant and toddler in your care? [PDF]
• Section 16: Funding
  • 2017 Reauthorization for (42 USC 280g-1): Early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children [PDF]
  • HRSA, Tips for Grant Writing and Submitting Good Grant Proposals, May 2010 [PDF]

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