2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
4/16/2013 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Collection of Early Intervention Data for State EHDI Databases | Aurora C/D | 6
Collection of Early Intervention Data for State EHDI Databases
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder a project entitled National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP). The project is designed to create the feasibility of states collecting outcome date. CDC requires every state to submit data on screening, assessment and early intervention. There is a need to track and monitor data to ensure quality care for follow up and early intervention in each state. Best practice guidelines have been developed regarding audiologic assessment, amplification fittings and intervention for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. A multiple choice electronic survey containing information on diagnostic assessment, amplification, early intervention and medical information regarding hearing loss was sent to all state and territory EHDI coordinators. Results of the survey will be discussed. Amplification results suggest that systems are not in place to insure consistency and accountability for fitting amplification on infants due to the lack of state protocols and limited data collected on amplification fittings and follow-up. Early intervention outcomes will be discussed to encourage states to monitor best practices and to ensure children are meeting desired outcomes.
- Decribe the importance of collecting data beyond newborn hearing screening
- Identify the fields that important to collect to determine if best practices are being used by providers
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Presenters/Authors
Vickie Thomson
(POC,Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter,Author), University of Colorado , vickie.thomson@ucdenver.edu;
Vickie Thomson, PhD, served at the Director of the Colorado Newborn Hearing Program at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment from 1991 to 2012. She received her master’s degree in audiology from the University of Northern Colorado in 1978 and her doctorate degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2007. As a clinical audiologist Vickie started one of the first infant hearing programs at Boulder Community Hospital. She has provided technical assistance in developing screening programs in Colorado and in other states and countries. She has written numerous articles on the importance of early identification and intervention of hearing loss in infants. She currently is the principle investigator if the HRSA EHDI grant and is a consultant to the National Center on Hearing Assessment and Management.
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Kristin Uhler
(Primary Presenter), Children's Hospital Colorado, Kristin.uhler@cuanschutz.edu;
Kristin Uhler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Chair of Audiology, Speech Pathology, and Learning Services; Kelley Family/Schlessman Family Scottish Rite Masons Chair in Childhood Language Disorders; and Co-Chair Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Her research aims to decrease the age at which speech perception can be assessed by developing a biomarker of infant speech perception in infants with and without hearing loss and exploring how speech perception relates to later language development. She has successfully completed several research grants and projects and is currently a recipient of a mentored K23 grant funded through the National Institute of Health/ National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders. A practicing audiologist since 2000, she strives to standardize protocols in support of good clinical practices locally and nationally.
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Sandra Gabbard
(Co-Presenter), Marion Downs Hearing Center, sandra.gabbard@uch.edu;
Dr. Gabbard has served as Director of Audiology at the University of Colorado Hospital for 25 years. She is the chair of the Audiology task force for the Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory and is the PI of the Colorado LEND Project.
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Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
(Co-Presenter), University of Colorado-Boulder, Christie.Yoshi@colorado.edu;
Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor in the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado-Boulder, the Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado-Denver and the Marion Downs Center. In 1996 she developed the Marion Downs National Center. Since 1996, Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano has assisted many state departments of education and public health agencies, schools for the deaf and the blind, and early intervention programs throughout the United States and its territories. In addition, she has served as a consultant for many countries currently developing their early hearing detection and intervention programs, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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