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DocuSign Envelope ID: 167F763C-D16E-41D3-B98F-F5E24EE9CC37 <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> 2. Provide consultation and technical assistance to public and private agencies (other stakeholders) <br /> focusing on identification and intervention for children with hearing loss or communication <br /> delays. <br /> 3. Provide technical assistance regarding the WCSWeb Hearing Link,North Carolina's direct data <br /> entry and tracking system. <br /> 4. Coordinate regional educational and networking meetings about newborn hearing screening for <br /> personnel from birthing facilities and other involved stakeholders. <br /> 5. Keep track of data concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of each birthing facility in the <br /> region and intervene when a facility appears to be missing hearing screenings on children or has <br /> an excessive number of children who fail the screening. <br /> 6. Identify community resources and systems that identify and refer infants and children with <br /> suspected late onset or progressive hearing loss or communication deficits, <br /> 7. Collaborate with care managers, private providers, local health departments, and others for the <br /> tracking of infants and children with or at risk for hearing loss. <br /> 8. Supply educational materials about hearing loss and communication delays to agencies working <br /> with families of young children. <br /> 9. Collaborate with community resources to screen children as part of special health promotion <br /> events or part of Head Start or other community mass screening initiatives. <br /> 10. Provide support to individual families whose children have not had a newborn hearing screening <br /> or have failed a hearing screening to ensure that they obtain the needed repeat hearing screenings <br /> or diagnostic evaluations to determine the absence or presence of hearing loss. <br /> 11. Provide support to individual families whose children have been diagnosed with hearing loss to <br /> ensure that they obtain the needed intervention services and family support services. <br /> 12. Promote public awareness related to the benefits of early hearing detection and intervention. <br /> 13. Identify and develop resources for provision of services to families in a culturally appropriate <br /> setting and in their own language. <br /> 14. Educate private providers regarding the benefits of early hearing detection and intervention and <br /> the reporting requirements of the State. <br /> 15. Coordinate with professionals in the Early Intervention program regarding service delivery and <br /> transition issues for children with hearing loss. <br /> 16. Collaborate with other regional consultants to identify and develop appropriate communication- <br /> related practices, skills and techniques, <br /> 17. Consult with public and private agencies and families in the selection and procurement of <br /> communication-related equipment and/or other assistive devices/technology. <br /> 18. Collaborate with audiologists in the expansion and development of audiology services for <br /> children birth to 21 years, with an emphasis on early childhood, <br /> 19. Collaborate with academia to provide training opportunities for students. <br /> 20. Screen each child served directly for health insurance status and refers and assists each child's <br /> parents or guardians to obtain needed health insurance coverage <br /> Revised June 2016 <br />