Q: Where can I
find information or resource guides for UNHS programs?
The following links provide
information about implementing a UNHS program and other related
topics.
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Q: What is the
Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH)?
Joint Committee on Infant
Hearing – endorses early detection of, and intervention for,
infants with hearing loss (EHDI) through integrated,
interdisciplinary state and national systems of universal
newborn hearing screening, evaluation, and family-centered
intervention. The goal of JCIH through EHDI is to maximize
linguistic and communicative competence and literacy development
for children who are hard of hearing or deaf.
http://www.jcih.org/
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Q: How many states
have legislated UNHS programs?
The following link will provide
more information regarding legislative mandates for UNHS,
http://www.infanthearing.org/legislative/index.html
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Sorry, we can't give you medical advice. Please talk
with your doctor for questions about yourself or your family. For other
information, please contact ehdi@cdc.gov
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Date: September 1, 2006
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
