Newborn hearing screening

UPDATE: HIDS/NBH is now live

View training materials, videos and user information for the HIDS/NBH application here. 

View the “System Orientation” video for step-by-step instructions regarding how to access the How-To-Guide.

Congenital CMV and Hearing Loss

CDC Fact Sheets on CMV and Hearing Loss

We require hospitals in Colorado to screen newborns for hearing loss. If your newborn hasn't been screened, find out where you can take your baby by calling us:

303-692-2603
 

Get Information about Early Intervention
Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP), a collaborative model of early intervention services, is designed specifically to provide services for families who have children who are Deaf and hard of hearing, ages newborn to three years old.

Get support from Colorado Families for Hands & Voices

Colorado Families for Hands & Voices is dedicated to supporting families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The organization provides families with the resources, networks and information they need to improve communication access and educational outcomes for their children.

About hearing screening

• Newborn Screening Program brochure | In Spanish.

• Legislation: HB 18-1006.

• Code of Colorado Regulations: 6 CCR 1009-6: Newborn Hearing Screening (effective March 16, 2020).

• Midwives and birthing centers are also required to either screen babies for hearing loss or provide information to parents on where to obtain an infant hearing screen.

• Screenings may be done at participating locations in your area. Providers may include:
  • Midwives and birth centers.
  • Hospitals.
  • Primary care and family physician offices.
  • School districts.
  • Other community agencies.
• Private insurance and Medicaid often cover newborn hearing screening.
  • If you have insurance, check with your carrier to learn about what the cost may be to have your baby’s hearing screened.

Current Cytomegalovirus (CMV) information

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in pregnancy is spread through:

• Person-to-person contact (such as kissing, sexual contact, and getting saliva or urine on your hands and then touching your eyes or the inside of your nose or mouth).

• Breast milk of an infected woman who is breastfeeding.

• Infected pregnant women passing the virus to their unborn babies.  

• Blood transfusions and organ transplants.

Cytomegalovirus resources

• National CMV Foundation Infographic.

• National CMV Foundation: What is CMV?

• Five simple tips to prevent CMV.

• Parent stories.

• Facts about CMV.

• CMV vaccine.

• Can you catch CMV from a child born with CMV?

• Should you exclude a child born with CMV?

• Awareness versus U.S. annual incidences.

• Is your blood CMV negative?

• Are you pregnant? Tips to protect you and your unborn baby from CMV.

• From the CDC: US children born with or developing long-term
  medical conditions each year versus women’s awareness of conditions affecting children.

• The state of CMV: Current efforts and issues needing immediate attention.

• Congenital CMV and hearing loss.

Provider resources

Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee (CIHAC)

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