JCIH Answer - -JOINT COMMITTEE ON INFANT HEARING
-2007
-Developed the EHDI guidelines which suggest that in addition to screening
occurring at 1 month, hearing loss should be diagnosed by 3 months of age,
and intervention should be initiated by 6 months of age
-Is a committee compromising professionals from audiology, otolaryngology,
pediatrics, education, and speech and language pathology that proffers
position papers and establishes practice standards for the early identification of
and follow up care for infants and toddlers who have congenital hearing loss
EHDI Answer - -EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION
-every baby born is tested for hearing loss in the newborn nursery
-has become a standard of care in the US & many places throughout the world
-Provides federal funds for states to develop infant hearing screening and
intervention programs, includes provisions to support hearing screening and,
when appropriate, full diagnostic evaluation of all newborns, and provides for
enrollment into early intervention programs and promotes culturally sensitive
family support services
1-3-6 Answer - -EHDI 1-3-6 guidelines
-were developed by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing and recommend
that hearing screening occur by 1 month of age, diagnosis by 3 months of age,
and intervention by 6 months of age
UNHS Answer - -UNIVERSAL NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING
-The application of rapid and simple audiological tests, typically with
automated auditory brainstem response (A-ABR) and otoacoustic emission
(OAE) measures, to all newborn babies prior to their leaving the hospital with
,the goal of identifying those babies who require further diagnostic testing, AKA
NEONATAL HEARING SCREENING
family systems theory Answer - a theory that views the family as a system of
interacting parts whose interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated
rules
APPROACH?
Acknowledges parental expertise, and includes parents and often other family
members such as grandparents and siblings in the design and execution of a
child's aural rehabilitation plan
Professionals proceed with 3 assumptions about the family. Families are:
· Unique, with both strengths and weaknesses
· Central to a child's life
· Expert on the child's personality, abilities, and needs
Intervention approach that places the family as being central to a child's well-
being and acknowledges that emotional, social, and developmental support are
integral components of the aural rehabilitation plan
family centered intervention Answer - *how does the diagnosis of hearing loss
impact family?
*how can professionals support the family unit?
family is always at the center of the intervention, especially in the early
childhood years
, *actions taken by practitioners or professionals to support the caregivers (not
just the parents)
*caregivers promote engagement, develop communication & help families
achieve their desired outcomes for their children
desired outcomes Answer - *what helps set the trajectory, to set the path
towards achieving those desired outcomes
*help parents/caregivers stick to helping child
EXAMPLE - if you want child to be ready for kindergarten by age 5, then they
have to wear their cochlear implants
enviable lives Answer - -purpose of special education
*why do we want to support individuals with disabilities from 0-21 years?
ANSWER = so that after 21, they can live the best life that they can have. they
should be living lives that we feel enviable about
life that is productive, rewarding, and that leads to inclusion within a group of
community members or the community at a large or a family group
falls often on professionals to talk to parents about the hope they need to have
communication modality Answer - -child factors
-childcare factors
-intervention factors
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