Wednesday, August 21, 2019
2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern
1:00-2:00 p.m. Central
12:00-1:00 p.m. Mountain
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Pacific
10:00-11:00 a.m. Alaska
8:00-9:00 a.m. Hawaii
Developing Evidence-Based Hearing Screening Services for Children Birth to Three Years of Age: Building State and Community-level Partnerships
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT
The Reauthorization of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Act of 2017 includes an expanded focus on identifying children who are deaf or hard of hearing up to three years age. This webinar represents an opportunity for EHDI systems to coordinate efforts, share resources, and work together with Head Start State Collaboration Offices, Part C programs and individual state-based early care and education providers to expand evidence-based hearing screening practices to a broader population of children up to three years of age.
Research indicates that by the time children enter school, at least 6 in 1000 are hard-of-hearing or deaf. Newborn hearing screening is able to identify approximately half of these children ( 2 - 3 in 1000), but what about the other half who experience late onset or progressive loss or whose congenital hearing loss was not identified at birth? Health care providers do not consistently perform evidence-based hearing screenings as a part of well-child visits for children birth to three years of age. There is also evidence that not all children entering Part C early intervention programs receive a hearing screening, even though many present with concerns about speech and language development.
Topics for the webinar:
As increasing emphasis is placed on EHDI systems to identify children who are deaf or hard of hearing up to three years of age, this webinar will address the following topics:
Who Should Attend?
After participating in this webinar, attendees will be able to answer and discuss the following questions:
We encourage you to share the link for this webinar with your colleagues
or associates who might be interested.
For questions or additional information, contact:
The ECHO Initiative
Jan Buhrmann
303-503-0858
echo.ncham@usu.edu