USA: New York City, Community Hearing Health Collaborative

The Community Hearing Health Collaborative (CHHC) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital is devoted to addressing the needs of infants with hearing loss or Deaf and Hard of hearing by supporting, educating, empowering, & connecting families to social, educational, &medical resources necessary to realize the full potential of the child.

The ultimate goal of CHHC is to raise community-level awareness about the significance of hearing loss and its early diagnosis and treatment, as well as the critical need to support families on their journey. As a result, transform the health and social outcomes of children with hearing loss or Deaf and Hard of hearing.

The Community Hearing Health Collaborative works in collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Community Health Navigation (CCHN) and Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership (NMPP), a local community-based organization. We aim to provide social and medical resources to children who fail infant hearing screening or have received a hearing loss diagnosis. Our bilingual Community Health Workers are fully trained in childhood hearing loss and its consequences.

Mentors: Anil Lalwani, MD, and Adriana Matiz-Zanoni, MD, FAAP

Research opportunities available:
Summer Research Projects, Scholarly Projects, and Research Year

Thematic Research Areas:
Access to healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Epidemiology, and Maternal and Child Care

Global Pop funds students from the following CUIMC Schools at this site:
VP&S

Language requirement:
No

Potential activities that could be carried out by students at this site:
Literature Review, Data analysis, Program monitoring and evaluation, and Community Outreach