The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) is
pleased to announce the 2011 Research Topics of Interest (RTOIs), funded
through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (NCBDDD). Project title: “Improving Early Hearing Detection
and Intervention (EHDI) Loss to Follow-up/ Loss to Documentation through
Screening at Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Certification Visits”.

AUCD/CDC/NCBDD
Letter of Intent Deadline: February 25, 2011
Funding Amount: $100,000 per year
Project Duration: 2 years

Link: http://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=334

Make sure that your child knows how to participate in the second annual Deafness Research Foundation drawing contest for his/her chance to be featured in the Summer 2011 edition of DRF’s quarterly publicatio, Hearing Health Magazine!

Official theme:  “What are you doing to keep your hearing Safe and Sound?”
Two categories of participants: Children, ages 5-8 and 9-13
Winners also receive a framed certificate.
See the website for rules and more details.

Link: http://www.examiner.com/children-s-hearing-loss-in-national/drawing-contest-for-hearing-health-magazine

The January 2011 edition of the EHDI newsletter from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/docs_events2011/EHDI_Email_Express_Jan2011.pdf

Global Explorers, in partnership with Phonak’s Hear the
World initiative, is excited to announce the first-ever
Sound Academy: Amplifying the Grand Canyon.

This summer, the Hear the World Sound Academy and twenty lucky students will embark on an expedition of sound and learning through one of the great wonders of our natural world.  Apply now for your chance to be a part of this exciting adventure! 

Program highlights include:

–Explore the acoustical environment of one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World while collecting data with a sound scientist.

-Raft the Colorado River, hike to waterfalls and petroglyphs, and listen to the river as it lulls you to sleep.

-Learn and practice leadership skills that will equip you to become an effective ambassador for a cause.

Apply Now!  Applications are due by Feb. 26, 2011!

Link: http://www.globalexplorers.org/programs/destinations/hear_the_world_sound_academy/

Exciting new research from the University of Sheffield has found results that could provide the basis for treating progressive hearing loss and deafness.

Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/214534.php

Cochlear implants, not just for infants.  Read about the decision by two teenage friends to get cochlear implant surgery and how they are handling their new hearing abilities.

Link: http://www.rrstar.com/carousel/x1254723978/Cochlear-implants-change-lives-of-Rock-River-Valley-teenagers

In a recent study completed by researchers at Vanderbilt University, results suggest Cytomegalovirus (CMV) may play a larger role in hearing loss among children than some have previously thought.

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/161559.html

Read this great article published in Exceptional Parent Magazine about how the Sound
Beginnings program at Utah State University is using telehealth technology in helping to bring early intervention
services to children who are deaf/hard of hearing.  

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/docs_events2011/tele-intervention.pdf

The San Diego Sound Wave Symposium is just around the corner.  It’s not too late to register!
The symposium will be held February 11th and 12th at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley.  It will feature many respected and dynamic presenters on a variety of cutting edge topics in Audiology!

Make sure to be there!

Click here to see a copy of the program

Link: http://www.audiologyonline.com/news/news_detail.asp?news_id=4563

Find out more about the following topics that are discussed in this announcement from the American Academy of Pediatrics:

-President Obama signs the                         -Text4baby
  EHDI Act of 2010

-Call for Nominations for                             -December Inspiration
  Antonia Brancia Maxon Award

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/docs_events2011/December2010_EHDI_Email_Express.pdf