1965 -
Babbidge Report (Report to the Secretary of HEW).
1
-
Recommended the
development and nationwide implementation of "universally applied
procedures for early identification and evaluation of hearing
impairment."
1967 -
Recommendations from the
National Conference on Education of the Deaf
2
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High-risk register
to facilitate identification.
-
Public information
campaign.
-
Testing of infants
and children 5-12 months of age should be investigated.
1988 - Commission
on Education of the Deaf 3
-
Reported the average
age of identification for profoundly deaf children in the US was 2 ½
years.
1988 - An
advisory group of national experts convened
-
Advisory group
selected by the U.S. Department of
Education and Bureau of Maternal and Child Health to advise the government about the
feasibility of developing early identification guidelines.
4
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Recommended that the
federal government fund demonstration projects to expand and document
systematically the cost efficiency of proven techniques already in
existence but infrequently used.
1988 - Former
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a
challenge
5
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That by the year
2000, 90% of children with significant hearing loss be identified by
12 months of age.
1990 - Joint
Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) - Position
Statement
6
-
Recommended that
high-risk infants be screened prior to their discharge from the
hospital and no later than 3 months after their birth.
1990 -
Healthy
People 2000
7
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Goal: To reduce the
average age at which children with significant hearing impairment are
identified to no more than 12 months by year 2000.
1993 -
National
Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus
Development
Program
8
-
Recommended all
newborns be screened for hearing loss before leaving the hospital.
1994 - The JCIH
Position statement 9
-
Recommended that
"all infants with hearing loss should be identified before 3
months of age and receive intervention by 6 months of age."
1999 - The
American Academy of Pediatrics endorses:10
2000 - The
JCIH Year 2000 Position Statement:11
2001 - Healthy
People 2010: 12
-
Goal
28-11: Increase the proportion of newborns who are screened for
hearing loss by age 1 month, have audiologic evaluation by age 3 months,
and are enrolled in appropriate intervention services by age 6 months.
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Babbidge.
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Date:
October 27, 2006
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities