The following are publications and reports, developed by the NSU for health professionals providing services in or associated with the Universal Newborn Hearing and Early Intervention Programme (UNHSEIP).

Newborn Hearing Screening and Audiology Workforce Strategy and Action Plan

The implementation of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Intervention Programme (UNHSEIP) requires new strategies to recruit and retain personnel, and to ensure that services are delivered at a high level of quality.  The National Screening Unit’s UNHSEIP Workforce Working Group has identified newborn hearing screeners and audiologists as priority groups for workforce development to support the implementation of the UNHSEIP.

This workforce development strategy and action plan (the ‘Strategy’) addresses the development of the newborn hearing screening and audiology workforce required for the implementation of the UNHSEIP over the next three years.  The Ministry of Education is developing a separate strategy for the early intervention workforce.