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Need caption for photo of sleeping newborn baby Early Intervention: Before 6 Months

Improvement Strategies

NCIH

Build family to family relationships

Standardize referral mechanisms

Use a fax-back form to alert the Medical Home at the time of enrollment

Obtain a consent for release of information at first contact so that information can be shared with the state EHDI Program

Include communication outcomes in every IFSP

Confirm the hearing status of every child with a related condition

Identify every failed appointment as an opportunity to act and learn

Resources: Tools for Improvement

Assure Care in a Medical Home

KY EHDI Roadmap

 

 

Engage Families as Partners

A Parent's Wish List for Early Interventionists

The Home Team: A Family-Centered Approach to Working with Newly Identified Babies Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing and Their Families (Video)

Milestones of Communication

Connect to Community Resources

 

Assure Change is an Improvement

 

Continue Skill Building

Request a

Explaining the Audiology Report

Glossary of Terms to talk about hearing, causes of hearing loss and hearing aid devices.

Learn about the Function of the Ear

Hearing Aid Listening Check

Training Opportunities
 


Building Blocks of Intervention: Hearing Loss in Children 0-3 Years

Sponsored by a grant from the Verizon Foundation.

“Parents, caregivers, professionals, and members of the Deaf community recognize the need for a greater number of qualified professionals and improved service provision”
 


"Oliver was fitted recently with an FM System, loaned to us by the WISHES Program. Our providers were skeptical because he was so young and attended a daycare, not a school setting where they are typically used. However, Oliver's daycare teachers were so excited to share the profound changes they witnessed in him. The first day that he accessed sound through the FM he went from communicating sporadically in 2 word phrases, to speaking in 4-6 word sentences. He went from looking at other children for cues to know what to do, to following directions because he can now hear them. He went from being quiet at circle time, to full participation. With the benefit from the FM System, he quickly turned into a confident little boy!"

  - Alicia Boeme, Oliver's mother