2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/05/2012 | 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM | Out of Hospital Births: Connecting with EHDI | Missouri Pacific | 1
Out of Hospital Births: Connecting with EHDI
Out of hospital births are slowly increasing in the United States, yet hearing screening rates lag far behind hospital rates. A parent of a deaf child born at home and a midwife, both working in their state's EHDI systems, will share their knowledge about families choosing out of hospital births and the providers who assist them. Wisconsin and Colorado have taken different paths to increasing hearing screening rates in their respective states, addressing barriers to screening, and bias in the out of hospital birth communities. Solutions to the unique issues facing families and providers will be explored and educational materials and protocols for this population will be shared.
- 1. Understand why parents would choose a homebirth. 2. Identify methods to increase hearing screening rates in the homebirth population. 2. Discuss barriers to hearing screening and possible solutions in the homebirth community, including collaboration, equipment loan, funding, and creating family friendly screening information and procedures.
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Sara Kennedy
(POC,Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, Sara@handsandvoices.org;
Sara is a mom of four children, including a daughter who was born at home and later identified with progressive loss. An occupational therapist by training, Sara has worked for Hands & Voices since 2001 as the editor for the quarterly newspaper, the Communicator. Sara has a special interest in advocating for hearing screening in the homebirth community. She was a coauthor for the Virtual Waiting Room web presence at Hands & Voices, the handbook Bridge to Preschool: Navigating a Successful Transition as well as articles and presentations on teaching our deaf/hh children about sex, promoting self-advocacy, progressive hearing loss, and the decision process regarding cochlear implants. Sara transitioned out of her role as Director of Colorado Hands & Voices since 2011 at the end of February 2022. She finds her new consulting role with her young adult children rewarding and challenging.
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Gretchen Spicer
(Primary Presenter), Wisconsin Guild of Midwives, gspicer@mhtc.net;
CPM LM
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