The 2019 position statement was co-authored by the members of the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH). The JCIH is funded by annual dues from each member organization to cover operational costs and all contributors conduct the work as volunteers on behalf of the organizations they represent and the JCIH.

We are grateful for the input, leadership, and assistance provided by Academy Fellows Alison M. Grimes, AuD, and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD. Their contributions to pediatric audiology are invaluable.

This current 2019 document builds on prior Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) publications (2013 JCIH supplement on Early Intervention and 2007 JCIH Guidelines), updating best practices through literature reviews and expert consensus opinion on screening; identification; and audiological, medical, and educational management of infants and young children and their families.

Review the full updated position statement.

Share this

Related Posts

Deaths from Falls by Older Adults

Plants Can Scream? And Can Animals Hear Them? 

Hydrops Magnetic Resonance Imaging Accurately Differentiates Meniere’s Disease, Vestibular Migraine

Recent Posts

Deaths from Falls by Older Adults

As part of an audiologist’s scope of practice, they may assess a patient’s risk for falls. Audiologists, therefore, are likely aware of the hazards related…

Read More

Message from the Program Chair: AAA 2026 Call for Abstracts

On behalf of the American Academy of Audiology, I am excited to announce that the AAA 2026 Call for Abstracts opened August 19. As chair…

Read More
small green plant is growing in the dirt. The plant is small and has a lot of leaves

Plants Can Scream? And Can Animals Hear Them? 

Two years ago, a team of scientists from Tel Aviv University were the first to show that plants scream when they are distressed or unhealthy…

Read More