CDC EHDI's new online section for Professionals and
Parents is intended to help you find the information you want about infant
hearing loss and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs.
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Key information about infant hearing loss and EHDI is
organized into five parts which are listed below.
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Recently added
information (including about HIPAA) related to Professional and Parents can be found in
the EHDI
Happenings section.
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Click here to go to EHDI's New
Education Materials page to see the latest materials available.
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A
Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss (interactive CD-ROM)
Available online
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Frequently Asked
Questions (provides answers to some commonly asked questions about
hearing screening).
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Screening Guidelines
(provides information about current screening guidelines,
recommendations, and position statements related to infant hearing
loss).
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CDC EHDI Fact
Sheet
(one page downloadable sheet which provides information about infant
hearing loss, the role of the CDC EHDI program, and other related
information)
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NEW!
Early
Intervention: Communication and Language for Families of Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing Infants
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NEW!
Parent's Guide to Genetics
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Useful Links (provides a
list links and short descriptions to over 30 organizations involved with
infant hearing loss).
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Contact Us (if you
want to know more about EHDI or have questions visit this page to find
out how to contact CDC EHDI).
Adobe Format (click here for more about Adobe)
EHDI
Happenings
The latest
information for professionals and parents
EHDI State
Profile:
State
EHDI Profile is a searchable, online database that provides specific information about EHDI programs in states and territories. The
Profile database currently consists of answers to a small subset of EHDI related questions,
with additional questions being added throughout this year. The database is intended to:
The Profile database can be searched by:
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State Profile:
Displays all questions with answers for a specific state/territory.
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State
Comparison: Displays all states/territories with responses to
a selected question.
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Word(s) in the
Answer: Displays any answer from a state/territory containing
the selected search word(s).
Please note this
database is still underdevelopment and therefore some information for states
and territories is not yet available.
Diagnosing
Speech and Language Disorders:
AHRQ's (Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality) recently released the summary of a new
evidence report by AHRQ's Practice Center at the
Research Triangle Institute/University of North
Carolina entitled
Criteria for Determining Disability in Speech and
Language Disorders. The report evaluates
the reliability and validity of 18 instruments commonly used by speech and
language clinicians to diagnose the presence and severity of speech and
language disorders. The report also presents the evidence available on
using these instruments to predict future communication impairment and/or
speech-language functioning.
AHRQ
Summary Report
HIPAA
Information:
Answers to
questions
about the HIPAA rule
are now available
For more about HIPAA, privacy, and other related items
visit the CDC Information Council website
and look under the legislation tab on the left hand side of the page.
HIPAA: Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
EHDI Bulletin Board
The online EHDI
Bulletin Board is a place where questions, answers, and discussions on
topics relevant to operating a successful EHDI program can be found. The
Bulletin Board is co-sponsored by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Maternal and Child
Health Bureau and the National Center for Hearing Assessment and
Management at Utah State University,
Immunization
hotline for deaf and hard of hearing:
A
new phone service for immunization information has been established by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National
Immunization Information Hotline for deaf or hard of hearing individuals
has a TTY service (being operated by the American Social Health
Association) for callers who need answers regarding childhood and adult
immunizations, vaccine safety, and vaccine-preventable diseases. Callers to
the hotline, which can be reached at (800)
243-7889 between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday, will find health communications specialists ready to
provide free confidential and individualized information
in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language. Medical
referrals and information about local or state coalitions and agencies are
also available.
The
hearing community may receive the same service between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.
during the week as well by calling (800) 232-2522
(English) or (800) 232-0233 (Spanish).
Documents
bearing the logo are in the Portable
Document Format (PDF) and require the free
Adobe Acrobat Reader for proper
viewing.
Visit http://www.adobe.com/ to
get a free copy of Adobe Reader
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Date:
October 27, 2006
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities