Don’t miss this year’s ASHA Audiology online conference: Collaborative Strategies for Students with Hearing Loss. Sessions will include practical, outcomes-driven strategies to improve access to education for students with hearing loss. Our top-notch experts will discuss collaborative, school-based service delivery approaches; cutting-edge technology; literacy development; counseling for self-advocacy; and the ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape of today’s educational system.

Presenters include Sam Atcherson, Ivette Cejas, Tina Childress, Kimberlee Crass, Andrea Hillock Dunn, Jeanane Ferre, Cheryl DeConde Johnson, Ryan McCreery, Mary Ellen Nevins, Jane Seaton, Joe Smaldino, Donna Fisher Smiley, Kelley Nichols Starr, Linda Thibodeau, Anita Vereb, Sherri Vernelson, Elizabeth Walker, Krista Yuskow and Teresa Zwolan.

The conference is open from October 5-17.

Register here:

Link: http://www.asha.org/Events/Audiology/

Link: http://ehdimeeting.org/PresenterInfo.cfm?pg=info

September is Deaf and Hearing Impaired Awareness month in the U.S. It may surprise you to find out that nearly 20 percent of people in the United States are in some way hard of hearing but there still exists a negative stigma of hearing impairedness and many misconceptions.

Link: http://austin.citymomsblog.com/2016/09/22/what-i-wish-you-knew-about-my-hearing-impaired-child/

On Sept. 26 the Habitot Children’s Museum in Berkeley will honor 10 local teachers at its eighth annual “Preschool Teachers Make A Difference” awards ceremony and one of them is Kim Burke-Giusti of the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness in Berkeley.

Link: http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/09/19/ecj-snapp-0923/

Link: http://ehdimeeting.org/PresenterInfo.cfm?pg=info

New Web Class Learning Opportunity for Hearing Screening!

Link: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/September-Probes---Tips---New-Web-Class-Learning-Opportunity-for-Hearing-Screening-.html?soid=1102782899287&aid=SM8yUUnoGFY

Tuesday, September 20 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

Newborn screening began in the United States in the 1960s to test for medical conditions that may not be apparent just by looking at a baby. Finding these conditions soon after birth can help prevent certain serious problems, such as brain damage, organ damage, and even death. The traditional method of newborn screening is bloodspot testing, wherein blood is sent to a lab to be screened for a number of conditions. There is also a newer paradigm of point-of-care newborn screening to test for hearing loss and critical congenital heart defects, conditions that are not identifiable through blood tests.

Both traditional bloodspot screening and the newer point-of-care screening tests share the goals of making sure that newborns are tested for certain potentially life-threatening conditions, and ensuring that providers follow up based on test results. The newer tests, however, do pose some unique challenges for public health. Because these tests take place in the health care setting rather than in a lab, it is difficult to standardize both the implementation of the tests and reporting of the test results. Newborn screening is also mandated by each individual state, so tests required in some states may not be in others.

In this session of Public Health Grand Rounds, you will hear how some states have implemented point-of-care newborn screening and what challenges they have faced in standardizing these tests and tracking test results. Speakers will also discuss how public health partners at all levels can work toward ensuring that every baby is screened.

Link: https://www.cdc.gov/cdcgrandrounds/archives/2016/september2016.htm

Newborn genetic screening for hearing impairment: a population-based longitudinal study 

A recent paper published in Genetics in Medicine highlights the importance of genetic screening in newborns for hearing impairment. Dr. Chuan Jen Hsu and his team performed screening for mutations involved in deafness and correlated the results to long-term hearing loss.

Link: https://biotechin.asia/2016/09/10/newborn-genetic-screening-for-hearing-impairment/

Link: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=99cbcf14eb23ec525d978c58c&id=23a456c860&e=64a15f0a58

The Mentoring Needs Assessment: What Families with Young Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing want from a D/HH Adult Mentor or Role Model Program webinar recording is now available.

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/flashplayer/hd_videos.htm?file=http://www.infanthearing.org/flashvideos/webinars/Lifetrack-Webinar.mp4