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ArticleAmerican journal of audiology2021

Expanding the Role of Educational Audiologists After a Failed Newborn Hearing Screening: A Quality Improvement Study.

Caitlin Sapp, Jonathan Stirn, Tammy O'Hollearn, Elizabeth A Walker

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Article in American journal of audiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Sociodemographic Factors Affecting Loss to Follow-Up After Newborn Hearing Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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  4. Barriers to Equity in Pediatric Hearing Health Care: A Review of the Evidence.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Caitlin SappUniversity of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill.ORCID 0000-0003-3007-4628
Jonathan StirnUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City.
Tammy O'HollearnIowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines.
Elizabeth A WalkerUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City.ORCID 0000-0002-9717-8424

Funding

Mechanisms of Listening Effort in School Age Children who are Hard of HearingR21DC015832 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WALKER, ELIZABETH A. · 2017 to 2019
$458k
NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC015832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose Lack of timely and proximal access to diagnostic hearing evaluation using auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing hampers the effectiveness of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs in the United States. This study measured the impact of a state-based quality-improvement (QI) project that provided diagnostic ABR equipment and training to educational audiologists distributed throughout Iowa in regional special education centers. Method We used de-identified administrative data generated by the state EHDI program to analyze markers of access to early hearing health care for infants in a preproject condition ("Baseline") compared to the implementation of diagnostic ABRs at the regional special education centers ("QI Project"). Results Our findings revealed that the QI Project was associated with improvements in timeliness of first hearing evaluation, distance traveled for first hearing evaluation, and likelihood of receiving on-guideline audiology care during the first hearing evaluation. Conclusions Following the onset of the QI Project, infants and their families had greater access to initial hearing evaluation after failed newborn hearing screening. This improvement could have cascading effects on timeliness of later intervention among those with confirmed permanent childhood hearing loss.

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AudiologistsQuality ImprovementChildHearingHearing TestsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornNeonatal ScreeningUnited States

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PMID34269595
PMCPMC8642079

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