Newborn Hearing Screening: An Analysis of Current Practices

Autor/inn/en	Houston, K. Todd; Bradham, Tamala S.; Munoz, Karen F.; Guignard, Gayla Hutsell
Titel	Newborn Hearing Screening: An Analysis of Current Practices
Quelle	In: Volta Review, 111 (2011) 2, S.109-120 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-8639
Schlagwörter	Screening Tests; Public Health; Data Collection; Neonates; Hearing Impairments; Hearing (Physiology); Audiology; State Legislation; Early Intervention; At Risk Persons; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Screening-Verfahren; Gesundheitswesen; Data capture; Datensammlung; Neugeborenes Kind; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Gehör; Hören; Audiologie; Landesrecht; Risikogruppe; USA
Abstract	State coordinators of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs completed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, or SWOT, analysis that consisted of 12 evaluative areas of EHDI programs. For the newborn hearing screening area, a total of 293 items were listed by 49 EHDI coordinators, and themes were identified within each SWOT category. A threats, opportunities, weaknesses, and strengths, or TOWS, analysis yielded 12 recommendations that focused on similar themes. Out of these 12 recommendations, 3 distinct strategies emerged. States are encouraged to: 1) enhance existing screening practices by requiring systematic data collection, reporting, and automation as well as integration of universal newborn hearing screening database systems with other public health initiatives; 2) leverage existing state legislative support to update and expand current universal newborn hearing screening policies and garner increased resources (i.e., personnel and funding); and 3) reduce loss to follow-up by integrating and centralizing data collection and tracking among various agencies and addressing the screening needs of special populations (e.g., home births, non-native English speaking families, religious and cultural minorities). Addressed appropriately, these recommendations can substantially strengthen newborn hearing screening efforts in state EHDI programs. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 3417 Volta Place NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-337-5220; Fax: 202-337-8314; e-mail: periodicals@agbell.org; Web site: http://www.agbell.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10