
Illinois
Sound Beginnings
Illinois Sound Beginnings is a collaborative effort between the IL Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program and IL Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side as a way to provide parents and professionals resources and information they need to ensure children who are deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind reach their highest potential.

Provider Materials
The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) has representatives from Pediatrics, Otology, Speech Language Pathology, Audiology, Deaf Education and State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs. JCIH published a position statement in 2019 that provides guidance on the roles and responsibilities of the providers that may be part of the journey of a child who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH). These resources were created to support parents and professionals in their understanding and follow through of the JCIH recommendations.






