Year 2007 Position Statement: Principles and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs

4(2)Early Intervention and Family Support• Reaffirmation of the need to provide families with individualized support and information specific to language and communication development to support children who are deaf or hard of hearing by providing exposure to language models at the earliest possible age to ensure optimal cognitive, emotional, and educational development.• Recognition that some families may benefit from infant mental health supports.Infant mental health is a field of research and practice that focuses on optimizing social, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development of infants in the context of the emerging relationships between parents and infants. Medical Considerations• Reaffirmation…

• AA
  American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• NI
  National Institutes of Health
• CF
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• HR
  Health Resources and Services Administration
• AF
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• NI
  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• UN
  U.S. National Library of Medicine