Resources - Newborn Hearing Screening
NCSL Resources
Other Resources
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a membership organization made up of parents of children with hearing loss, adults who are deaf or hard of hearing, educators, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, and other professionals in fields related to hearing loss and deafness.
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA is a membership organization working to ensure that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services.
- March of Dimes
The March of Dimes works with international partners to educate health care professionals about best practices in perinatal health and to raise public awareness about cost-effective interventions that can improve birth outcomes.
- Maternal and Child Health Library
An on-line resource for frequently updated reports regarding MCH issues.
- Newborn and Infant Hearing Loss: Detection and Intervention (American Academy of Pediatrics)
This webpage contains the AAP's policy statement on newborn and infant hearing loss.
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CDC)
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnership. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, evironmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
- National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
The National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management is housed at Utah State University and works to ensure that all infants (newborns) and toddlers with hearing loss are identified as early and provided with timely and appropriate audiological, educational, and medical intervention.
- National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center (NNSGRC)
The National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center provides a forum for interaction between consumers, health care professionals, researchers, organizations, and policy makers in refining and developing public health newborn screening and genetics programs. NNSGRC also serves as a national resource center for information and education in the areas of newborn screening and genetics.
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People exists to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support.
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