Baby Sound Check
On May 11th, 2007 John Tracy Clinic launched a model program called Baby Sound Check® designed to fill critical gaps in the early detection and treatment of hearing loss in collaboration with Los Angeles area community healthcare clinics. The program is funded by a gift from Monica and Philip Rosenthal.
The first year of the three-year pilot project was implemented in partnership with five community clinics owned by AltaMed Health Services Corporation, a leading Federally Qualified Health Center in East Los Angeles. Baby Sound Check® will assess and monitor the hearing health of over 10,000 children in the first three years and thousands more thereafter as the program becomes a self-sustaining model that will be extended throughout the Los Angeles area, and disseminated and replicated nationally. In addition to AltaMed, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, South Central Family Health Center and Venice Family Clinic are on board for the project beginning in Year 2.
Young children suspected of hearing loss are referred to JTC for comprehensive diagnostic evaluation. If significant hearing loss is confirmed, the families will be given guidance and information by JTC counselors and audiologists. Every identified child will be invited to join JTC’s free Parent/Infant Program and assigned a case manager for continued educational, psychological and audiological support.
Parents who have not had a newborn hearing screening, can make an appointment at John Tracy Clinic for infant hearing screening at 213-748-5481 or online.
Watch the Baby Sound Check video.