ROCKVILLE, Md. -- In testimony before the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Nancy Creaghead, PhD, CCC-SLP, president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), today requested $23 million for the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program. Specifically, Creaghead requested $11 million for the Health Resources and Services Administration and $12 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"This level of funding is needed in order to continue assisting states with the development of newborn hearing screening, diagnosis, tracking and intervention programs as well as the applied research component related to
these EHDI programs," explained Creaghead.
Dr. Creaghead also requested of the Subcommittee a 12% increase in funding for both the IDEA, Part C, Early Intervention Services for Infants and Families and the IDEA, Part D Personnel Preparation programs, to deliver effective early intervention services and abate shortages in qualified special education personnel for children with hearing loss.
To read the full testimony, visit ASHA's News Room at https://www.asha.org/press/EHDI-statement.cfm.
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 105,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.
Success of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs, IDEA Depends on Strong Congressional Support, Testifies ASHA
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