23.

Is there a system in your state to assist parents of babies identified with hearing loss in making contact with:

Table 23.
		Yes	No
a.	Other parents of babies identified with hearing loss?	44	7
b.	Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing?	38	3

24.

Early Intervention programs for children who are deaf or hard of hearing often emphasize different methods of communication. How would you rate the statewide quality and availability to parents of programs that emphasize the following communication options?

No ratings provided: 4 states "unknown", 1 state "no known programs"

QUALITY

AVAILABILITY

Table 24a. Quality
	Poor		to	Excellent
	1	2	3	4	5
Total Communication
Number of responses:	1	5	10	18	10
Percentage:	2.3	11.4	22.7	40.9	22.7
Average	3.70
No response (1 state); Unknown (1 state)

American Sign Language
Number of responses:	1	5	10	20	10
Percentage	2.2	10.9	21.7	43.5	21.7
Average	3.72

Cued Speech
Number of responses:	6	11	8	11	2
Percentage	15.8	28.9	21.1	28.9	5.3
Average	2.79
No response (2 states); Unavailable (3 states)

Auditory/Oral
Number of responses:	0	2	11	23	8
Percentage	0	4.5	25.0	52.3	18.2
Average	3.84
No response (2 states)

Table 24b. Availability
	Poor		to	Excellent
	1	2	3	4	5
Total Communication
Number of responses:	1	5	10	18	10
Percentage:	2.3	11.4	22.7	40.9	22.7
Average:	3.70


American Sign Language
Number of responses:	4	8	11	15	8
Percentage	8.7	17.4	23.9	32.6	17.4
Average	3.00

Cued Speech
Number of responses:	16	11	7	6	1
Percentage	39.2	26.8	17.1	14.6	2.4
Average	2.15
N/A for quality rating only (1 state)

Auditory/Oral
Number of responses:	1	12	11	16	4
Percentage	2.3	27.3	25.0	36.4	9.1
Average	3.23

25.

Please list below the different languages, if any, in which your state has developed materials about your EHDI program:

Table 25.
Languages currently available	Number of states
English only	5
Spanish	42
Russian	5
Vietnamese	5
Chinese	3
Creole	3
Korean	3
Bosnian	2
French	2
Hmong	2
Laotian	2
Urdu	2
Arabic	1
Bengali	1
Cambodian	1
Farsi	1
Ilokano	1
Japanese	1
Marshallese	1
Portuguese	1
Samoan	1
Somali	1
Tagalog	1
Tongan	1

Comments by Respondents:

2 states with translation of materials "in process":

State 1 (Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Laotian, Russian, Somalia, Spanish, Ukrainian, & Vietnamese)
State 2 (Spanish)

Table 25a. Languages by State
Language	State
Arabic	MI
Bengali	NY
Bosnian	MO & VT
Cambodian	CA
Chinese	CA, NY, & VA
Creole	FL, MA, & NJ
Farsi	VA
French	NY & VT
Hmong	CA & MN
Ilokano	HI
Japanese	HI
Korean	GA, MD, & VA
Laotian	CA & VT
Marshallese	HI
Portuguese	MA
Russian	CA, MA, MD, NY, & WA
Samoan	HI
Somali	MN
Spanish	AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, & WY
Tagalog	HI
Tongan	HI
Urdu	NY & VA
Vietnamese	CA, GA, HI, MO, & VA

26.

Does your state have adequate materials to:

Table 26.
	Poor		to	Excellent
	1	2	3	4	5
Educate parents about newborn hearing screening
Number of responses:	0	3	8	17	23
Percentage:	0	5.9	15.7	33.3	45.1
Average	4.17

Educate physicians about EHDI programs
Number of responses:	0	9	15	17	10
Percentage:	0	17.6	29.4	33.3	19.6
Average:	3.55

Educate parents about communication options
Number of responses	2	12	8	17	11
Percentage:	4.0	24.0	16.0	34.0	22.0
Average	3.46

27.

Does your state EHDI program have its own website

Table 27.
	Number of States
Yes	29
No	21
No response (1 state)

Table 27a.
State	Web Address
AK	http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dhcs/newborn
CA	http://www.dhs.ca.gov/nhsp
CO	http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/cdphehom.asp
CT	http://www.dph.state.ct.us/bch/family%20health/newborn/unhsp.htm
DE	http://www.state.de.us/dhss/dph/chca/dphnhsp1.html
FL	http://www.cms-kids.com
GA	http://health.state.ga.us/programs/unhs/
IA	http://www.idph.state.ia.us/iaehdi/default.htm
ID	http://www.state.id.us/cdhh/ehdi/
IN	In process, available soon
KS	http://www.soundbeginnings.org
KY	http://www.chs.ky.gov/commissionkids/unhs.htm
LA	Currently being updated
MA	http://www.mass.gov/dph/fch/unhsp/index.htm
MD	http://www.fha.state.md.us/genetics
MI	http://www.michigan.gov/ehdi
MN	http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mch/unhs
NC	http://www.ncnewbornhearing.org
ND	http://www.ndcpd.org/1stsounds
NJ	http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/scnbhrng.htm
NY	Refer to the Department of Health Early Intervention Program Web site at http://www.health.state.ny.us, click on Information for Consumers, choose Early Intervention from the list of topics (http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/eip/memo03-3.htm)
OH	http://www.odh.state.oh.us/ODHPrograms/HEAR_INF/hearinf1.htm
OK	Not as of 4/23/2004, being developed
OR	http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/pch/hearing/index.cfm
RI	http://www.health.state.ri.us/family/hearing/universal.htm http://www.health.state.ri.us/family/hearing/newborn.htm
SC	http://www.scdhec.net https://webserver03.dhec.sc.gov/firstsound/firstsound.dll
TN	http://www.state.tn.us/health currently under development
TX	http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/audio/newbornhear.htm
VA	http://www.vahealth.org/hearing
VT	http://www.vermont.gov (linked through Health Department)
WA	Going up this month, address not available yet