Featured in the lessons:

• AAP’s schedule of recommended checkups
• The THSteps’ Periodicity Schedule
• Hearing Checklist for Parents
• Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH)
• DSHS’ Regional Coordinator Offices
• DSHS’ Audiology Services PACT Provider List
• DSHS’ Screening Manuals

Video

A video showing the correct method for performing a vision screen on a school-age child. Choose your preferred format below to open the video:
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Other references

• American Academy of Pediatric Committee on Vision and Hearing. 2001. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Intervention - Guidelines for Pediatric Medical Home Providers.
  
  Center for Early Intervention on Deafness (2001). Pediatric resource guide to infant and childhood hearing loss. Berkeley, CA.
• Chen, D. (1997). What can baby hear? Auditory tests and interventions for infants with multiple disabilities [video & booklet]. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
• Flexer, C. (1999). Facilitating hearing and listening in young children (2nd). San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group.
  Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH). Principles and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs.  Pediatrics, Vol. 106, No. 4 October 2000.
  
  Available at: http://www.tmhp.com
  Provider should always check the current year’s manual for updates to policy.
• American Academy of Pediatric Committee on Vision and Hearing. 2003. Eye Examination in Infants, Children, and Young Adults by Pediatricians. Pediatrics, Vol. 111, No. 4 April. http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/visionhearing.cfm.
  Blind Babies Foundation (1998). Pediatric visual diagnosis fact sheets. San Francisco:  
  
  “Red Reflex Examination in Infants.” Pediatrics, Vol. 109, No. 5 May 2002, pp. 980-981.
• 2007 Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual. Texas Medicaid & Health Partnership. 2007, Section 45.1-45.5.
  
  Available at: http://www.tmhp.com
  Provider should always check the current year’s manual for updates to policy.
• Vision Screening Manual. Texas Department of State Health Services. August 2004.