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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/docs_events2015/EHDI_SaveTheDate_2015.pdf
One Woman Strives to Tackle Newborn Hearing Loss in the Developing World
Every year roughly 100,000 hearing-impaired babies are born in India, yet the country lacks a universal screening programs to identify hearing loss. India isn’t alone in facing this problem, the majority of those with hearing loss live in low- or middle-income countries.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/06/24/one-woman-strives-to-tackle-newborn-hearing-loss-in-the-developing-world/
Newsletter from Center for Childhood Deafness Now Available
The latest newsletter from Boys Town National Research Hospital is now available, including information on an upcoming Pediatric Audiology Conference scheduled for 8/1.
Link: http://www.boystownhospital.org/htmlemail/Pages/CCD-06-2014.aspx
See how NCHAM is committed to "Moving the Needle" in EHDI Systems
“Moving the Needle” means continuing to improve systems in order to ensure improved outcomes for ALL children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing. NCHAM strives to work diligently with partners at all federal, state—and even international—levels to make improvements for all children who are D/HH a reality. See some of the ways NCHAM is showing it’s commitment
Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/
NEW Family Centered Care Coordination Policy Statement
This newly released American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement outlines essential partnerships critical to a framework of integrated care for children and youth across multiple systems. This statement provides practical application of care coordination integration in practices and communities. An accompanying article in AAP News highlights the importance of this policy in practice.
Link: http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/about/newsletter/index.aspx#1
The Earliest Interventions: When Parents Discover They Have a Deaf Child
Expectant parents eagerly await the birth of their child and celebrate the baby’s arrival. Parents fully expect their baby to resemble them physically and in temperament. The confirmation that their baby is deaf is usually unexpected, and parents are often unprepared for this news. Most parents with deaf or hard-of-hearing babies born in the United States discover their child’s hearing level soon after birth. Differences in hearing levels occur in roughly 2 -3 births per 1000, and in almost all of these instances, the parents are hearing.
Link: http://raisingandeducatingdeafchildren.org/the-earliest-interventions-when-parents-discover-they-have-a-deaf-child
Link: http://raisingandeducatingdeafchildren.org/the-earliest-interventions-when-parents-discover-they-have-a-deaf-child
Did you know that Text4Baby contains important messages about newborn hearing screening and follow up?
Read about Text4Baby’s latest research demonstrating its effectiveness – STUDY: EFFECTIVENESS OF TEXT4BABY: A recently-released study demonstrates the effectiveness of the Text4baby program. Initial Outcomes From a 4-Week Follow-Up Study of the Text4baby Program in the Military Women’s Population: Randomized Controlled Trial found that targeted beliefs, including those about the importance of prenatal health care, the risk of alcohol use during pregnancy and the importance of prenatal vitamins were more likely to improve given exposure to Text4baby. The study was led by the Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at George Washington University and the Madigan Army Medical Center and was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The study authors concluded that Text4baby reduces health risk beliefs targeted by the text messages. Click here to learn more or to review the study
Link: https://text4baby.org/index.php/news/458-new-study-finds-text-messaging-program-benefits-pregnant-women
Making the case for financing health care for children and youth with special health care needs?
4 ways the Catalyst Center State-at-a-glance Chartbook can help
Link: http://www.hdwg.org/catalyst/online-chartbook/?utm_source=nwsltr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=chartbook
Webinar on 6/16 Regarding Parental Satisfaction with Rooming In Newborn Hearing Screening Services
Come join us to learn more about rooming-in newborn hearing screening outcomes and parent satisfaction.
Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/parental-satisfaction-june-2014.html
What You Should Know About Your Child's Hearing
According to the National Institute of Health, two to three of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing. In my own family’s case, all three of my children were born with normal hearing. When my oldest child David was almost three, I suspected a decline in his hearing.