19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
Maine's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention App: A Novel Approach to Education and Dissemination of Information to Providers in the Medical Home
In general, providers in the medical home receive limited training in deafness in infants and young children. In Maine, this has continued to be a concern among parents and EHDI staff trying to encourage follow-up testing when a baby has referred on their newborn hearing screening. Physicians also lack the knowledge of resources for parents during this journey through diagnostic followup and when a baby is diagnosed as deaf or hard of hearing. This App was the brainstorm of our Chapter Champion in collaboration with EHDI staff and the QI specialist for the HRSA grant. What if we could provide this much needed information to these providers even when they only have a 20-minute appointment with the family? Join us to learn about the process we used to develop this App and get a chance to experience it and discover how this might work for your state.
- Participants will be able to describe the EHDI 1-3-6 guidelines.
- Participants will have a better understanding of the risk factors for late-onset hearing loss, need for continued screening and followup
- Participants will be able to list ideas of local resources for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Poster:
21060_12781DuskaThurston.pdf
Presenter: Duska Thurston
Dr. Thurston is currently pediatric faculty for the Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Center and Residency Program. She is also Director of the Newborn Nursery at EMMC. She is currently serving as board member and co chair of the Maine Newborn Hearing Program Advisory Board. She has been the EHDI chapter champion for the state of Maine since 2016.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Darlene Freeman is on the board and the treasurer of the Maine Hands & Voices chapter and a Parent Guide with Maine Hands & Voices. She is also the Quality Improvement Specialist for Maine's HRSA Grant. She is the parent of her 28-year-old daughter, Deaven, who is deaf. Darlene enjoys working with families to help them understand the newborn hearing screening process into early intervention and beyond to encourage them to become strong advocates for their children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Katherine Duncan obtained her doctorate of audiology (Au.D.) from The Ohio State University. She is currently in her ninth year as an educational audiologist at the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Falmouth, Maine. She supports outreach programs for both the birth to five and K-12 populations. She is also the coordinator of the hearing assistive technology program for Child Development Services, Maine's early intervention system. Katherine is the Audiology Consultant for the Maine Newborn Hearing Program, and she serves on the Maine Newborn Hearing Program Advisory Board.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Nonfinancial -
• Has a Professional (board involvement)
relationship for Board membership.