May is the month officially recognized as Better Speech and Hearing Month. This month provides all of us with the opportunity to further educate the community about the prevalence of newborn/early childhood hearing loss, the provider’s role in assisting families navigating the newborn hearing screening, diagnosis and early intervention process in Texas, and to help families connect with information, resources and medical, audiological, early intervention
The Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (Texas EHDI) Pilot, which ran from 2008 – 2011 was deemed a huge success! Providers in Fort Worth, Houston, McAllen, Plano/North Dallas, and Tyler communities partnered put forth amazing efforts to collaboratively work to improve the local EHDI referral process on behalf of children and families affected by early childhood hearing loss in their area!