niversal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) has attracted worldwide attention as a public policy intervention aimed at improving outcomes for children with hearing loss and their families. Population based newborn hearing screening gained momentum as an intervention in the 1990s due to new and efficient screening technologies and the realization that high-risk screening initiatives effectively identified only 40%–50% of infants with hearing loss (Davis et al., 1997; Durieux-Smith &
Whittingham, 2000). Studies supporting the benefits of UNHS in improving communication development garnered