15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
| - | 8 - EHDI Workforce Issues
The Effect of Training Nurses Regarding Proper Infant Hearing Screening Methods on Referral Rate Outcomes
Approximately 3 in 1000 children in the United States are born with a hearing loss each year. Without proper detection methods, these children could go without the appropriate care and intervention. In April of 2015, the Arkansas EHDI Program held the Annual Nurse Workshop training with over 100 participants in attendance, representing 31 of the 40 Arkansas Birthing Hospitals. The goal of this particular conference was train staff from the birthing hospitals around the state on appropriate hearing screenings methods in an attempt to provide education and improve outcomes of the screening process.
The purpose of this presentation is to determine if the training conference resulted in an improvement in the identification process and to determine if participants benefited from the information presented through the use of a questionnaire. In 2013, a database was developed to track newborn hearing screening results called the Electronic Registration of Arkansas Vital Events (ERAVE). In order to evaluate outcomes, ERAVE was utilized to gather data regarding the hearing screening outcomes at the participating hospitals pre- and post-training. Analyses were completed to evaluate the newborn hearing screenings at each participating hospital using statistical methods that employed a control time period for standardization and comparison of the pre- and post-effects of the conference. The pre- and post-data was compiled for each participating hospital and compared to determine the effects that the training had on addressing information insufficiencies in the newborn hearing screening process. Along with the quantitative analysis, minor reports were gathered for each participating hospital to evaluate any compulsory data.
Results will be discussed in terms of the number of referral rates pre- and post-training to determine effectiveness. Additionally, participants at the conference were asked to evaluate the conference in terms of its ability to meet their educational needs. Results from this evaluation will be discussed.
- discuss the benifit of providing education to nurses and screeners to improve practice screening methods
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Presenters/Authors
Kim McCray
(Co-Presenter), Arkansas Department of Health, kimberly.mccray@arkansas.gov;
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Shannon Loyd
(Primary Presenter), Arkansas Department of Health, shannon.loyd@arkansas.gov;
Shannon is the Arkansas Department of Health EHDI Co-Cordinator.
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Jessica Newman
(Co-Presenter), Arkansas Department of Health, jessica.newman@arkansas.gov;
Jessica Newman is the audiologist of record for the Arkansas Department of Health - Infant Hearing Program. She also is an educational audiologist with the Arkansas Children’s Hospital EARS Team. Additionally, Jessica teaches graduate audiology courses through Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.
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Stephen McElroy
(Author), Arkansas Department of Health, stephen.mcelroy@arkansas.gov;
Stephen is a quality improvement and follow-up specialist with the Arkansas Department of Health. Stephen joined the program in 2013 and has over 20 years of experience in quality improvement and data management. Stephen works with parents, hospital staff, and physicians to provide technical/tracking and follow-up assistance.
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Shakita Diggs
(Author), Arkansas Department of Health, shakita.diggs@arkansas.gov;
Shakita joined the Arkansas Department of Health Infant Hearing Program in 2014. She received her bachelor's degree in Health Science and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from UALR. She assists with grants, parents, healthcare providers and staff for hearing screening follow-ups.
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Patti Martin
(Author), Arkansas Children's Hospital, martinpf@archildrens.org;
Patti Martin, Ph.D., is the Director of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Her areas of expertise include infant screening/assessment, family support and program development. Her efforts with infant hearing screening began with a collaboration project to investigate the efficacy of TEOAEs as a newborn screening tool in the early 1990s and continue through her work on the board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division on Childhood Hearing Disorders and as the Family Support Consultant for NCHAM. She has chaired the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology, the Arkansas Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking and Intervention Boardand the Natinoal Investing in Family Support Conference for the past four years. Dr. Martin’s ongoing passion centers around how professionals can help support families in improving the outcomes of children with hearing loss.
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Receives Consulting fee for Consulting from National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management.
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Nannette Nicholson
(Author), UAMS/UALR, NN@uams.edu;
Nannette Nicholson, PhD is a Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She also has a clinical staff appointment at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Her primary research area is early intervention and pediatric audiology.
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Katherine Loyd
(Author), UCA student, kate_loyd@yahoo.com;
Katherine is a senior Bio-Chemistry major at University of Central Arkansas. Katherine worked as a temporary administrative assistant with the state of Arkansas. She assists the Child and Adolescent Health department staff as needed.
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