Early Childhood Hearing Screening

Last Modified: 02/11/2025

Early Childhood Hearing Screening

The number of children with hearing loss doubles during early childhood--from approximately 3 in 1000 at birth to 6 in 1000 by school age. Providing hearing screening during the early language-learning years is critical for helping more children receive the benefits of early identification and intervention. Since 2000, NCHAM has provided resources and learning opportunities aimed at improving the availability of evidence-based early childhood hearing screening.

Early Care & Education Providers Training and Implementation Resources

Watch Preview of Evidence-based Hearing Screening

Planning Resources

Big Picture Resources

Find an Audiologist

Screening Equipment

OAE Screening
Pure Tone Screening
- Recommendations for Pure Tone Screening Equipment Selection [PDF]

Access Training

OAE Training

Training Information

Pure Tone Audiometry Training

Training Information

Screening Resources

Follow-up Resources

Track Child Progress

Monitor Program Quality

How EHDI Staff Can Expand 0-3 Screening

Expanding EHDI for Children Up to Three Years of Age - Training Module

Leadership and Planning Tools

NCHAM: National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management, Utah State University

National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
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As a research center at Utah State University, NCHAM is supported by funds from the Utah State Legislature as well as various private, state, and federal entities. From 2001 - 2024 NCHAM served as the National Technical Resource Center for all state-based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs in the United States. NCHAM is committed to promoting respectful dialogue about how to improve services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Materials, presentations, and other activities disseminated by NCHAM represent many different views and opinions by stakeholders interested in improving services and outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Developers, authors, and presenters of those materials and activities are responsible for the views and content of their material and no endorsement by NCHAM, USU, or any of our funders is implied or expressed.