CLINICAL TOPICS

Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss

Overview

Incidence and Prevalence

Signs and Symptoms

Causes

Roles and Responsibilities

Assessment

Treatment

Resources

ASHA- Information for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists

ASHA- IDEA Part C Issue Brief: Implications for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists Who Provide Services for Infants and Toddlers With Hearing Loss and Their Families

ASHA's Fact Sheet on Natural Environments

ASHA IDEA Part C Issue Briefs

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2008). Loss to Follow-Up in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention [Technical Report].

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2008). Guidelines for Audiologists Providing Informational and Adjustment Counseling to Families of Infants and Young Children With Hearing Loss Birth to 5 Years of Age [Guidelines].

Guidelines for Pediatric Medical Home Providers

CDC- Hearing Loss in Children

IDEA Part C Final Regulations (2011) [PDF]

Loud and Clear- Clinical Red Flags-Amy McConkey Robbins (2005)

My Baby's Hearing

NIDCD- Communication Options for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard‐ of‐Hearing

Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH)

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)

US Department of Education- Opening doors: Technology and communication options for children with hearing loss

References

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