Type of first assistive hearing device hearing aid, cochlear implant, other – Issues: Australian Hearing can report on hearing aids. Jurisdictional health departments should report on cochlear implant fitting. The following Framework targets could be considered after initial implementation: 5.3.1 Age of initiation of formal early intervention is recorded centrally in the program for all children diagnosed with permanent hearing impairment. 5.3.2 >97% of babies with permanent hearing impairment are engaged in formal early intervention by four months of corrected age. 5.5.3: >97% of families attend appointment within three weeks of the referral Appendix B Membership of the Neonatal Hearing Screening Working Group Ms Melinda Bromley (Screening Subcommittee representative) Chair of Working Group Assistant Secretary Population Health Programs Branch Department of Health and Ageing Professor Melissa Wake Director, Research Associate Director Centre for Community Child Health The Children's Hospital, Melbourne Professor Greg Leigh Chair, RIDBC Renwick Centre Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children Conjoint Professor of Education The of Newcastle Dr Elisabeth Murphy (Child Health and Wellbeing Subcommittee representative) Senior Clinical Advisor Maternal & Health Primary Health & Community Partnerships NSW Department of Health Ms Elizabeth Low Director Strategies and Support Section Office of Hearing Services Branch Department of Health and Ageing Ms Jane McEntee New Zealand Manager Antenatal and Newborn Screening Health and Disability, National Services Directorate
Type of first assistive hearing device – hearing aid, cochlear implant, other Issues: Australian Hearing can report on hearing aids. Jurisdictional health departments should report on cochlear implant fitting. The following Framework targets could be considered after initial implementation: 5.3.1 Age of initiation of formal early intervention is recorded centrally in the program for all children diagnosed with permanent hearing impairment. 5.3.2 >97% of babies with permanent hearing impairment are engaged in formal early intervention by four months of corrected age. 5.5.3: >97% of families attend appointment within three weeks of the referral Appendix B Membership of the Neonatal Hearing Screening Working Group Ms Melinda Bromley (Screening Subcommittee representative) Chair of Working Group Assistant Secretary Population Health Programs Branch Department of Health and Ageing Professor Melissa Wake Director, Research Associate Director Centre for Community Child Health The Children's Hospital, Melbourne Professor Greg Leigh Chair, RIDBC Renwick Centre Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children Conjoint Professor of Education The of Newcastle Dr Elisabeth Murphy (Child Health and Wellbeing Subcommittee representative) Senior Clinical Advisor Maternal & Health Primary Health & Community Partnerships NSW Department of Health Ms Elizabeth Low Director Strategies and Support Section Office of Hearing Services Branch Department of Health and Ageing Ms Jane McEntee New Zealand Manager Antenatal and Newborn Screening Health and Disability, National Services Directorate