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“Just in Time” Hearing-Related Resources for Families

Have you shared the “Just in Time” tool [PDF] ?  It contains the most essential resources identified by both families and professionals to address hearing-related needs. This tool is designed for broad-based family organizations, such as Family Voices and Parent Training and Information Centers. Additionally, it can be useful for  primary care providers and early interventionists to connect families with D/HH essential resources. A Spanish version is available at http://www.infanthearing.org/familysupport/JustInTime_Spanish.pdf

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/familysupport/just-in-time-color.pdf

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/familysupport/JustInTime_Spanish.pdf

New Rules Will Require Captioning of Certain Online Video Clips Beginning in 2016

The Federal Communications Commission recently approved new rules that will require closed captioning of video clips that are posted online. The new rules further the purpose of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) by helping to ensure equal access to all forms of programming by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing when they watch video content online.

 

Link: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0711/DOC-328173A1.pdf

Webinar on Congenital Cytomegalovirus from Prevention to Treatment on August 21

As many of you know, The National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) is in the process of planning the Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Public Health and Policy Conference (cmv.usu.edu). In an effort to raise awareness of cCMV and highlight the upcoming conference, NCHAM will be hosting the webinar cCMV 101: Congenital Cytomegalovirus from Prevention to Treatment, presented by Dr. Michael Cannon from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the CDC.

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/cmv-webinar-aug-2014.html

Call for Applications for AMCHP Family Scholars Program

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is a national resource, partner, and advocate for state public health leaders and others working to improve the health of women, children, youth and families, including those with special health care needs. The AMCHP Family Scholars Program (FSP) represents an opportunity to identify, encourage, and train family leaders. This 10-month program strives to provide Family Scholars with the knowledge and resources to enhance their development as family leaders, and to promote policies, programs and systems at the national, state and/or local-levels.

Link: https://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=1250518599&message_id=5393210&user_id=AAPorg&group_id=471660&jobid=20407249

New smartphone app offers easy and inexpensive solution for hearing screening

An article published in the International Journal of Audiology on 7 July 2014 reports on an innovative smartphone app that will make it easier and cheaper to screen people, including young children and the elderly, for hearing loss. The project was led by Prof De Wet Swanepoel from the University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa, in partnership with colleagues at UP and in Australia.

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140708101619.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fhearing_loss+%28Hearing+Loss+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Side By Side of IDEA and FERPA Confidentiality Provisions

The U.S. Department of Education recently published IDEA and FERPA Confidentiality Provisions [PDF] (June 2014), a side-by-side comparison of the primary legal provisions and definitions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Parts B and C and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) that relate to the confidentiality of personally identifiable information of children served under the IDEA.

Link: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/ptac/pdf/idea-ferpa.pdf