EHDI: News

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and midwives performing newborn
hearing screenings.

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caring for children with a potential
or diagnosed hearing loss.

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or diagnosed hearing loss.

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Identifying Infants with Hearing Loss in the United States, 1999-2007
Data collected by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from participating states and U.S. territories was reviewed and reported on in the March 5, 2010 issue of MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The percentage of infants who were documented to be screened before age 1 month increased from 80.1% in 2005 to 85.4% in 2007, based on data from 46 states and territories. The percentage of infants receiving recommended diagnostic follow-up before age 3 months increased from 54.0% in 2005 to 66.4% in 2007, based on data from 44 states and territories. The percentage of infants receiving early intervention who were enrolled before age 6 months increased from 57.0% in 2005 to 60.8% in 2007, based on data from 44 states and territories in 2005 and 43 in 2007.
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Children with cochlear implants have quality of life equal to normal hearing peers
Children who have cochlear implants rank their quality of life equal to that of their normally hearing peers, according to new research reported in the February 2010 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. The subsequent success of the multi-channel CI devices that improve speech perception and language development led researchers to look beyond speech and language performance to questions of psycho-social behaviors and adjustment. A cross-sectional study of 88 families with children who have cochlear implants was conducted.
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