PA Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program

Funded by the PA Department of Health

Families

Information for families on newborn hearing screening and caring for babies and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Information for families

Physicians

Information on newborn hearing screening and follow-up of patients with potential or diagnosed hearing loss.

Information for physicians

Audiologists

Information on caring for patients with potential or diagnosed hearing loss, parent support, and reporting to the PA Dept. of Health.

Information for audiologists

Birth Facilities

Information on newborn hearing screening, parent education, and reporting to the PA Dept. of Health.

Information for birth facilities

PA Department of Health releases updated Newborn Hearing Screening Program Guidelines

(April 13, 2013) The Pennsylvania Department of Health's Newborn Hearing Screening Program and the Infant Hearing Screening Advisory Committee have updated the Newborn Hearing Screening Program Guidelines. Click here to view the updated guidelines.

Newborn screening misses some deaf kids: study

New research provides further evidence that some babies who pass their newborn hearing screening are found to deaf or hard of hearing as young kids.

New findings on the workings of the inner ear

A new research study has found that the tiny hair cells in the inner ear, known to play a critical part in hearing, move in additional and more complex ways than previously understood. These findings have implications for ways to improve some types of hearing loss.