Recently in the United States, there has been a campaign at the state and national level to provide universal screening of newborns for hearing loss . Although the idea of ​​universal newborn screening is a new phenomenon, research has examined the impact of early intervention and screening in children with hearing loss. “Most professionals in the field are convinced that early identification of hearing loss and early implementation of intervention improves the child's social, communicative and academic development” (Calderon, 1998, p. 54) . Thus, both studies used participants from the same early intervention program and primarily focused on the importance of age of enrollment. Additionally, the age of enrollment was used to study the effect it had on children after the early intervention program ended. In the first study, children's speech, language and hearing abilities were assessed at exit from the program. In the second study, the assessment focused on children's language development at discharge, as well as their subsequent linguistic, academic, and social-emotional development after graduation. These studies may have provided additional support for the importance of early identification and intervention in linguistic, academic, and social-emotional development. Children with significant hearing loss tend to struggle and are at risk, falling below their potential. Children with hearing loss often perform poorly in school and have delays in their critical thinking skills, language skills and can often have difficulties with their social and emotional development. These struggles are because language plays an important role in overall development. Current early intervention is more... middle of paper ......em earlier entry into a program. “These follow-up results are exciting in that children who enter early graduate from early intervention with age-appropriate language and continue to maintain age-appropriate language.” These longer-term results demonstrate once again the importance of early detection, identification and enrollment in early intervention” (Calderon, 1998, p.70). Therefore, the earlier children can be assessed, the better life will be for that child and their family, as they will be able to benefit from age-appropriate auditory stimulation, allowing for greater academic success, reading, language and socio-emotional development. R. and Naidu, S. (1998). Further support for the benefits of early identification and intervention for children with hearing loss. Volta Review, 100(5), 53-84. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail