ASHA: A National Leader Advocating for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention and Children's Hearing Health

A message from ASHA President Noma Anderson about ASHA receiving the Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives.

EHDI Resources

• ASHA's Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Action Center
• Year 2007 Position Statement: Principles and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs
• Podcast Encourages Early Hearing Detection and Intervention: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ASHA teamed up in June to produce a podcast about early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI).
• A Case Study of an Emerging Community-Based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program: Part I. Parents' Compliance
• A Case Study of an Emerging Community-Based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program: Part II. Team Building With Otolaryngologists and Pediatricians Using a Survey Approach
• Babies with Hearing Loss: Steps for Effective Intervention
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) for Newborns and Infants [PDF]

Related Events

Dr. Marion Downs

ASHA Co-Sponsors HHS Event: Dr. Marion Downs Honored with Secretary's Highest Recognition Award

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association co-sponsored the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Fifth Annual "Celebrating Persons with Disabilities." ASHA member Dr. Marion Downs was honored with the Secretary's Highest Recognition Award for her groundbreaking work and lifetime dedication promoting the early identification of hearing problems in children.

• ASHA Member Dr. Marion Downs Honored By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Press Release)
• Event Photos

ASAE's Summit Awards Event: ASHA Receives Prestigious Award from ASAE

ASAE Summit Award EHDI Campaign Video

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) received a Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in recognition of the accomplishments of ASHA's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Campaign that focuses on the hearing health of the very young.

• ASHA Receives Prestigious Award from ASAE (Press Release)
• ASAE Summit Award EHDI Campaign Video (Video)
• ASHA President on ASHA's receipt of the Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)—the highest award ASAE gives to associations for community programs (Video)
• Event Photos
• ASAE 8th Annual Summit Awards Dinner

Press Releases

• ASHA Member Dr. Marion Downs Honored By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (October 22, 2007)
• ASHA Heralds New Guidelines From Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (October 9, 2007)
• Local Audiologist Helps ASHA Celebrate Receiving Prestigious ASAE Summit Award (September 26, 2007)
  • Allan Diefendorf, PhD, Director of Otolaryngology at the Indiana University School of Medicine & Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD, Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences (DHSS) at Vanderbilt University and Associate Director of Education for the National Center for Childhood Deafness and Family Communication at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Dennis Burrows, PhD, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Vice President for Quality of Service in Audiology and ASHA Fellow
  • Judith Gravel, PhD, Professor of Communication Sciences at Hunter College, CUNY in New York
• ASHA One of Six Organizations Nationally To Receive Prestigious ASAE Summit Award (July 23, 2007)