NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants with permanent hearing loss benefit in terms of language development from being enrolled very early -- before 3 months of age -- in intervention programs, according ...

Julia Hess was on the precipice of discovering the extent of the hearing loss in her 9-month-old daughter Jasmine’s right ear, when she learned that crucial support services for her baby and other ...

Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Eileen.Buckley@wkbw.com A new state audit paints a troubling picture of the access to important services for ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Providing support to infants with developmental disabilities is the mission of one state program. Alabama Early Intervention System helps parents as their child grows, learns ...

Dec. 18—Joanne Corwin remembers the uncertainty she felt as a new mother. In the late 1980s, her eldest daughter — and first-born child — was identified as deaf, spurring parental anxiety that no ...

More than anything, a family expecting a child hopes for a clean bill of health. For families who have received an unexpected diagnosis for their newborns, the early intervention program through the ...

This story was produced in collaboration with Rhode Island PBS Weekly. Watch the episode here. PROVIDENCE — Olivia Ippolito has long been worried about her son Levi’s development. Levi, who was born ...

ROMNEY, W. Va. -- The West Virginia School for the Deaf wants families from all throughout the state to know about SKi*Hi, which is a free, home-based education program for families of deaf and ...

This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. When Kimberly Halevy’s son Joshua was 3, she started hearing from his preschool that he was acting out. He rarely participated in circle time and ...

Too often, children who are referred for early intervention services face delays in getting the therapies they need, may not get all the services recommended, and sometimes don’t get any at all, ...