Baby Sound Check® has been nominated for the 2010 Antonia Brancia Maxon Award for EHDI (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention) Excellence, to be presented at the 2010 National EHDI Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The nomination was announced in February by Dr. Karl White, Director of the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM).

The Antonia Brancia Maxon Award for EHDI Excellence honors the work of Dr. Antonia Brancia Maxon, who was a pioneer in EHDI programs.  She was a tireless advocate for connecting screening programs with timely and appropriate diagnosis and early intervention, and promoted effective EHDI programs for all newborns, infants, and young children. The award is presented each year at the National EHDI Conference to honor an individual or group of people who have made noteworthy accomplishments in EHDI programs nationally or in a particular state or region. Baby Sound Check® is among a very distinguished group of people nominated for this award.

Baby Sound Check® is a groundbreaking program bringing early and periodic hearing screening to the medical home for 0-3 year-old children.  This program is having a significant impact on thousands of underserved at-risk children throughout the Los Angeles area through collaboration with AltaMed Health Services, Venice Family Clinic, and St. John’s Well Child and Family Center. The program is also beginning to change the standard of pediatric care by expanding the hearing assessment training to medical residents at Children’s Hospital and UCLA. Now, with this nomination, the program will have national impact.

For more information about the Baby Sound Check program, e-mail the program Director, Sandra Mintz and visit the website, www.babysoundcheck.org.

Read the nomination letter by clicking here.