2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/04/2021 | 3:15 PM - 3:35 PM | Partnering with Primary Care Providers and Midwives to Provide Newborn Hearing Screening and Re-screening During COVID-19 | Topical Breakout
Partnering with Primary Care Providers and Midwives to Provide Newborn Hearing Screening and Re-screening During COVID-19
In 2010 the Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (VTEHDI) introduced a quality improvement initiative using PLAN, DO, STUDY, ACT Cycles. The purpose of this initiative was to begin collaborating with primary care providers and home-birth midwives to provide hearing screening in their practices. At the time our program used HRSA and state funding to purchase Otoacoustic Emission (OAE) hearing screening equipment and to train and mentor providers. VTEHDI started with 3 primary care providers and two homebirth midwives. Over a two year period of time the program increased to 18 homebirth midwives and 11 primary care provider offices statewide.
In Vermont the COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges for newborn hearing screening, diagnostic audiology and early intervention services. Vermont hospitals closed outpatient hearing screening services during phase 1 of the pandemic. Additionally audiology clinics were closed for all patient services including outpatient re-screening and diagnostic audiology evaluations. The partnership between VTEHDI, primary care providers and homebirth midwives were critical in filling the gap for outpatient re-screening during this unprecedented time.
This presentation will describe how screening and re-screening was addressed by primary care providers and homebirth midwives during the pandemic for the 2020 infants. Additionally Vermont data will be presented for 2019 and 2020 infants and the impact on the EHDI national goals of screening by 1 month of age, diagnosis by 3 months of age and entrance into early intervention by 6 months of age.
- Participants will understand how to create partnership with key external stakeholders
- Participants will describe the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Vermont data for national EHDI goals
- Participants will understand how to implement a similar model in their state
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Presenters/Authors
Linda Hazard
(), Vermont Department of Health, linda.hazard@partner.vermont.gov;
Linda Hazard is the Program Director for the Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Nine East Network. She has a masters degree in Audiology and a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Social Policy.
Linda is currently the President Elect of DSHPSHWA, the ASHA STAR/Habilitative representative for Vermont and serves on the ASHA Medicaid Committee.
Prior to coming to VTEHDI Linda was the Director of Audiology and the Cochlear Implant Program for the University of Vermont Medical Center. Additionally she worked for Cochlear Americas in clinical research and Advanced Bionics in Education and Training.
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Stacy Jordan
(), VTEHDI, smjordan03@gmail.com;
Stacy Jordan is the Project Coordinator for the Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (VTEHDI) and state representative on the Audiology Advisory Council for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Employed by the only tertiary hospital in the state and contracted to the department of health. Member of the state Hearing Advisory Council and Speech Language Hearing Association (VSHA).
Her vairous positions over the last thirteen years have been directly related to EHDI at the state and national levels. She established and coordinated the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program at the state's tertiary hospital, provided screenings to children birth to eight years old state-wide for a mobile clinical program called the Hearing Outreach Program (HOP) and directed Vermont's EHDI program for five years.
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• Receives Consulting fee for Consulting from Utah State University .
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.