Organization Statements, Hearing Screening for Infants

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

External Links to:

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• American Academy of Audiology
• American Academy of Otolaryngology
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Society for Deaf Children
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Audio-Verbal Institute
• Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf
• Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf
• Council of Schools and Educators for the Deaf
• Deafness Research Foundation
• Galludet University
• Girls and Boys Town, USA
• Hearing Research Institute
• International Hearing Aid Association
• League for the Hard of Hearing
• National Association for the Deaf
• Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
  

Internal Archive for the American Academy of Otolaryngology, downloaded on 5/31/01:

• What is Early Detection, and Why is it Important? (http://www.entnet.org/agbell2.html)
• Progress Report 2000 (http://www.entnet.org/Annual_Report/annual_report_mission.htm)

Internal Archive for the National Association for the Deaf, downloaded on 9/10/01:

• Why Is It Important to Have Nationwide Hearing Screening for Infants? (http://www.nad.org/infocenter/infotogo/ee/screening.html)
• 1999: The Year in Review, Highlights of Accomplishments (http://www.nad.org/openhouse/action/accomplishments/YIR1999.html#ehd)

Internal Archive for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, downloaded on 5/31/01:

• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Legislation, Where We Are and Why It Matters (http://www.asha.org/ehdi_where-we-are.cfm)
• Joint Committee on Infant Hearing, Year 2000 Position Statement: Principle and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs (http://professional.asha.org/infant_hearing/y2kpstn_stmnt.htm)
• Five Facts on Hearing Loss in Children ((http://professional.asha.org/infant_hearing/facts.htm)
• Issue Brief: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (http://professional.asha.org/infant_hearing/issue_brief.htm)
• House Appropriations Committee Asked to Increase Funding for Newborn Hearing Screening and Balance Clinical Research (http://professional.asha.org/infant_hearing/testimony_pr.htm)
• Newborn Hearing Screening Grants for States Resulting from Title VI (the Walsh bill) of the Y2000 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act of 1999 (http://www.asha.org/infant_hearing/faq_infant_hearing.htm)
• ASHA Applauds House Passage of H.R. 4365, "Children's Health Act of 2000" (http://www.asha.org/press/child_health_act.cfm)

Internal Archive for the Audio-Verbal Institute, downloaded on 5/31/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, downloaded on 6/3/01:

• Model Universal Newborn/ Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Bill (http://www.agbell.org/advocacy/modelbill.htm)

Internal Archive for the American Academy of Audiology, downloaded on 6/3/01:

• Role of the Audiologist in the Newborn Hearing Screening Program (http://www.audiology.org/professional/positions/nhsp.php)

Internal Archive for the Galludet University, downloaded on 6/3/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the American Academy of Pediatrics, downloaded on 6/4/01:

• AAP Screening Initiatives, Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening (http://www.aap.org/policy/screenwww.htm)
• Newborn and Infant Hearing Loss: Detection and Intervention (RE9846) (http://www.aap.org/policy/re9846.html)
• Pediatricians Make New Recommendations On Hearing Screening (http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/febhear.htm)
• Universal Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Act (http://www.aap.org/policy/m970.html)
• Principles and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs (Joint Committee on Infant Hearing - Year 2000 Position Statement) (http://www.aap.org/policy/infanthear.html)
• Newborn Screening Report Addresses Inconsistencies and Controversies (http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/augscreening.htm)

Internal Archive for the Deafness Research Foundation, downloaded on 6/4/01:

• The National Campaign for Hearing Health's Infant Hearing Screening Year 2000 Initiative
• The National Campaign For Hearing Health
• Bill Signing - New York State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (http://www.drf.org/top.html)

Internal Archive for the Hearing Research Institute, downloaded on 6/6/01:

• Children's Silence (http://www.pcsiinet.com/HearingResearchInst/)

Internal Archive for the International Hearing Aid Association, downloaded on 6/6/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the League for the Hard of Hearing, downloaded on 6/6/01:

• Newborn Hearing Screening Law Needs Your Support (http://www.lhh.org/abc/8-2.htm)
• Federal Legislative Update: Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Intervention Act of 1999 Signed into Law (http://www.lhh.org/advocacy/fedupdate.htm)
• Early Identification of Hearing Loss in Infants, Fact Sheet (http://www.lhh.org/earlyid/earlyid.htm)

Internal Archive for the Girls and Boys Town, USA, downloaded on 6/6/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, downloaded on 6/6/01:

• Universal Newborn Infant Hearing Screening (http://www.shhh.org/NewWeb/Advocacy/Position/newborn.html)
• SHHH supports full funding for the Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act (http://www.shhh.org/NewWeb/Advocacy/support.html)

Internal Archive for the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, downloaded on 6/6/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Council of Schools and Educators for the Deaf, downloaded on 6/6/01:

• No website found

Internal Archive for the American Society for Deaf Children, downloaded on 6/8/01:

• No documents found

Internal Archive for the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf, downloaded on 6/8/01:

• Children's Health Act of 2000 (http://www.ceasd.org/news/current/fromgovt.shtml)