Hearing Level / Hearing Loss

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Parent Organizer

The Parent Roadmap is designed as a tool to navigate the early hearing detection and intervention system. The Parent Organizer features the Roadmap and offers more in depth information.

Store Important Information
Find Minnesota and National Resources
Update Information as the Child Grows

Any child living in Minnesota that is newly identified with a hearing loss will receive a printed copy of this organizer. (Unless the family declines)

It is also possible to print a copy using the following links.

Outside Organizer Cover (PDF: 1 page/5.7MB)

Inside Organizer Cover (PDF: 2 pages/634MB)

Tab #1: Parent Roadmap PDF: 2 pages/619KB)

Tab #2: Audiologist (PDF: 2 pages/546KB)

Tab #3: Minnesota Hands & Voices (PDF: 2 pages/428KB)

Tab #4: Help Me Grow (PDF: 2 pages/483KB)

What is Help Me Grow: Infant and Toddler Intervention Letter to Families (PDF: 1 page/174KB)
Help Me Grow brochure (PDF: 3 pages/28KB)
Questions you may want to ask your Child's Early Interventionist
- Early Interventionist Questions - accessible brochure format (PDF: 1 page/79KB)
- Early Interventionist Questions - printable format (PDF: 4 pages/856KB)

Tab #5: Communication (PDF: 2 pages/427KB)

Decision Guide to Communication Choices (PDF: 5 pages/240KB)

Tab #6: Health Care (PDF: 2 pages/500KB)

Questions you may want to ask your child's Medical Professional
- Medical Professional Questions: accessible brochure format (PDF: 2 pages/168KB)
- Medical Professional Questions: printable format (PDF: 5 pages/856KB)
Questions you may want to ask your child's Genetics Team
- Genetics Team Questions: accessible brochure format (PDF: 2 pages/169KB)
- Genetics Team Questions: printable format (PDF: 3 pages/67KB)
Questions you may want to ask your child's ENT Professional
- ENT Professional Questions: accessible brochure format (PDF: 2 pages/149KB)
- ENT Professional Questions: printable format (PDF: 3 pages/549KB)
Questions You May Want to Ask Your Child's Speech-Language Pathologist
- Speech-Language Pathologist Questions: accessible brochure format (PDF: 2 pages/164KB)
- Speech-Language Pathologist Questions: printable format (PDF: 3 pages/556KB)

Tab #7: Resources (PDF: 2 pages/371KB)

Information on this web site was obtained from the Infant Hearing Guide developed in a cooperative project between the University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Arkansas Children's Hospital and the University of Arkansas RRTC and we would like to acknowledge their work.

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