A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss

Produced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

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Hearing Screening

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
www.asha.org/public/hearing/testing/

Provides information on newborn hearing screening guidelines and current legislation.

Address: 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
(800) 638-8255 — (Voice, TTY)

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); NCBDDD; Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program (EHDI)
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi/default.htm (Federal Website)

Provides information about children and hearing loss and answers some commonly asked questions. Information about state EHDI programs is also available.

Address: MS E-88, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333
E-mail: ehdi@cdc.gov
1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)

Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/specialneeds/unhs.htm (Federal Website)

Provides information about children with hearing loss and Universal Newborn Hearing Screening programs.

Address: Parklawn Building Room 18-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857
(301) 443-2170 — (Voice)
(301) 443-1797 — (Fax)

National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management (NCHAM)
www.infanthearing.org/screening/index.html

Provides information on newborn hearing screening programs, legislation, equipment, and other related issues.

Utah State University
Address: 2880 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
E-mail: mail@infanthearing.org
(435) 797-3584 — (Voice)

For more information or to order additional copies of "A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss" visit CDC's website at www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi.