Standards and guidelines

There are a number of standards and guidelines that document best practice for the services families receive. These can provide important evidence for parents when seeking services that best meet the needs of your child and family.

• National Framework for Neonatal Hearing Screening | Australian Government
• Disability Standards for Education | Australian Government
• National Disability Insurance Scheme: Safeguards | NDIS

Best practice principles and guidelines in academic literature

• Special Issue: Family-Centered Early Intervention Deaf/Hard of Hearing (FCEI-DHH) | 2024
• Best Practices in Family-Centered Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An International Consensus Statement | 2013
• Supplement to the JCIH 2007 position statement: Principles and guidelines for early intervention after confirmation that a child is deaf or hard of hearing | 2013
• The rights of deaf children | 2023
• Quality Standard for Rehabilitation of Young Deaf Children Receiving Cochlear Implants | 2023
• Consensus practice parameter: audiological assessment and management of unilateral hearing loss in children | 2019
• Revised Conceptual Framework of Parent-to-Parent Support for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: A Modified Delphi Study | 2016