Early Intervention for Children With Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Degrees of Hearing Loss

and Tharpe2,3 began a series of studies on the conse-quences of minimal hearing loss in children. Since then, several studies have documented the problems that children with UHL and MBHL can encounter in speech, language, academic achievement, and psy-chosocial development. These studies are summarized in a separate article in this issue by Tharpe titled “Minimal and Mild Hearing Loss in Children: Past and Current Perspectives.” This article provides an overview of federal and state funded early intervention (EI) providers for infants and children with hearing loss and EI tech-niques that should be considered for children with UHL or MBHL. It also reports on recommendations for additional research that resulted from the 200