Archives > Videos > Importance

Last Modified: 08/18/2025

Videos: The Importance of EHDI Programs

NCHAM Videos

For 50 years, they said it must be done...Now it is
Streaming Video:	For 50 years, they said it must be done...Now it is
Description:	Provides an overview of the rationale for universal newborn hearing screening and shows how it is done. Features former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.
Language(s):	English
Time:	12 minutes
Produced By:	National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management (NCHAM)
Download Video [ZIP, 48.9 MB]

2003 EHDI Meeting | Session 3: The Case for EHDI: A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence by Martyn Hyde, PhD.
Streaming Video:	Session 3: The Case for EHDI: A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence by Martyn Hyde, PhD.
Description:	Summarizes the evidence for and against the implementation of EHDI programs. The role of evidence-based medicine in deciding whether to implement an EHDI program and the strengths and weaknesses of various types of research relating to the improvement of newborn hearing screening programs are discussed.
Language(s):	English
Time:	51 minutes
Produced By:	National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management (NCHAM)
Download Captioned Video [ZIP, 165.4 MB]

The Colorado Hearing Foundation Videos

Changing Lives
Streaming Video:	Changing Lives
Description:	A short presentation that shows how early screening and intervention of hearing loss can affect the development and learning of a child.
Language(s):	English
Time:	9 minutes
Produced By:	The Colorado Hearing Foundation

National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
Utah State University, 2615 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322
Tel: 435.797.3584 || Questions and Comments
© NCHAM, 1999–

---

Many of the resources on this site are offered in various formats, such as PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. If the files don’t open on your device, you can download free viewers for these formats from Adobe (PDF) and Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Please contact us for assistance if there is website material that is not accessible to you.

NCHAM Privacy Notice

As a research center at Utah State University, NCHAM is supported by funds from the Utah State Legislature as well as various private, state, and federal entities. From 2001 - 2024 NCHAM served as the National Technical Resource Center for all state-based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs in the United States. NCHAM is committed to promoting respectful dialogue about how to improve services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Materials, presentations, and other activities disseminated by NCHAM represent many different views and opinions by stakeholders interested in improving services and outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Developers, authors, and presenters of those materials and activities are responsible for the views and content of their material and no endorsement by NCHAM, USU, or any of our funders is implied or expressed.