Recent federal and state action has resulted in the inititation or enhancement of statewide programs to screen hearing in all newborns and to provide follow up services. The following links provide information on current status, problems/concerns, information, and upcoming conferences.

1. http://journals.asha.org/1059-0089/v7n2/arehart.html
Article: "State of the States: The Status of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening..."

2. http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/textonly/funding/hb/earlyid.htm
Recommendations of the NIDCD Working Group on Early Identification of Hearing Impairment on Acceptable Protocols for Use in State-Wide Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programs.

3. http://www.infanthearing.org/
NCHAM National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. Information on early hearing detection & intervention / universal including newborn hearing screening, infant hearing loss, newborn ...

4. DCDD's response to concerns regarding UNHS.

5. 2002 Showcase Presentation. Data on 30,000 babies.

6. http://www.infanthearing.org/announcements/taskforce/index.html
Responses from major organizations regarding the Task Force report questioning newborn hearing screening.

7. www.babyhearing.org
This is the website for the newborn hearing screening and intervention section of BoysTown National Research Hospital.

8. http://education.gsu.edu/unhsi
This is the website of the newborn hearing screening and intervention grant project at Georgia State University.

9. http://center.uncg.edu
This is the website for The Center at UNCG, a grant project to develop instructional modules for educator preparation in newborn hearing screening and intervention.