The National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) was founded in 1990 at
Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah ...
in
Logan, Utah.
Contributions
Newborn Hearing Screening
From 1988 to 1993, NCHAM conducted the first large-scale
clinical trial
Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, diet ...
of universal newborn hearing screening known as the Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Project. Results of this trial were focused on a variety of subjects that were included in the 1993 decision of the
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...
(NIH) that all newborns should be screened for
hearing loss
Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spoken ...
. From 1993 to 1996, NCHAM directed a National Consortium for Newborn Hearing Screening that resulted in over 100
hospitals in 10 states implementing newborn hearing screening programs. From 1996 to 2000, NCHAM staff worked with newborn hearing screening programs in 35 states and provided direct assistance to over 200 hospitals in establishing Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs. Since April 1, 2000, NCHAM has served as the National Technical Assistance System for EHDI programs and with support from the
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), is one of six Bureaus within the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services located in Rockville, Maryland.
MCHB administers the Title ...
, NCHAM has worked with every State and Territorial EHDI program, as well as other professional, governmental, and
advocacy groups to expand and improve EHDI programs worldwide.
References
External links
otometrics.com/accuscreen
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Deafness organizations