In July this year, the Victorian state government announced its commitment of $7.9 million to the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) this financial year.

VIHSP is coordinated by the Centre for Community Child Health and is a state-wide screening program for newborns to identify any hearing impairment. The program screens the hearing of newborn babies while they are still in hospital or at an outpatient appointment in the first weeks of life.

See media coverage following the State Government’s announcement.

Read more about VIHSP.