Educational Audiology Awareness Week seeks to promote advocacy for the Educational Audiology profession as well as professional recognition and thanks.  Below are resources you can use to help spread EdAuD Awareness! #EdAudWeek #EdAudAdvocacy

Mark your calendars for the 2026 EdAuD Awareness Week October 19-23, 2026!

Past EdAuD Awareness Week Themes:

2025: Succession Planning from Toddlers to Scholars. When a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing toddler is starting school, the change for their family can seem daunting. How will their child access communication in the classroom? How does the family plan for their technology needs as they become school-aged? What is the best placement for their child? How will they do in school? Will they have friends? Educational Audiology Awareness Week will spotlight resources for clinicians and families as their child prepares for the classroom and how to help these children succeed. 

2025 Resources:

• What is Transition Planning? - National Deaf Center
• Transition to Preschool: Hands & Voices – Transition to Preschool
• Transition to Elementary School: ADE-vantage Audiology & Deaf Education Consulting Services - Cheryl DeConde Johnson’s Resources
• Planning for After High School: National Deaf Center - Transition Planning - Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS); Phonak - GAP - Guide to Access Planning and Check list (downloads as a PDF)
• empowEAR Audiology Podcast with Dr. Carrie Spangler and Dr. Cheryl DeConde Johnson and Dr. Kristin Samuelson about the journey, the impact, and the vision for educational audiology

• Texas Statewide Outreach Center
• Florida Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Ohio Outreach Center for Deafness and Blindness

Coloring Pages (click on link below image to download printable PDF):

Additional Materials (images will open in a new tab - once open, right click and choose download):

2024: Hearing Screenings

• Hearing Screening Infographic: Importance of Hearing Screenings Infographic – EAA
• EAA Position Statements: Hearing Screening | Hearing Screening Considerations for Children with Significant Disabilities | The Educational Audiologist’s Role in EHDI and On-Going Hearing Surveillance in Young Children
• NCHAM Free On-Demand Webinar (recorded August 27, 2024) – Introduction to Evidence-Based Hearing Screening Practices for Children Ages 0-5
• NASN Journal – NASN School Nurse, Published online August 31, 2024: Identifying Children With Hearing Loss: The Key Role of School Nurses in Evidence-Based Screenings
• ASHA Table of Hearing Screening Requirements by State
• ASHA Map of State School Hearing Screening Requirements
• AAP Journal – Pediatrics Volume 152, number 3, September 2023: Hearing Assessment in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Recommendations Beyond Neonatal Screening

2023: Advocacy

Additional External Links:

• ASHA Leader Article – Educational Audiology Awareness Week: Stepping Up Hearing Screening In Schools by Kristin Jolkowski
• ASHA Leader – Listen Up: Monitoring Hearing in Autistic Children
• Audiology Outside the Box infographics for roles and responsibilities:
• Clinical Audiologists and Educational Audiologists
• Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist
• Wright’s Law – Children with Hearing Loss Need an Educational Audiologist on their Education Team
• ASHA – Improving Classroom Acoustics
• ASHA Leader Blog post on 2023 EdAud Awareness Week by Laura Parnell – Read Now!