2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/07/2023 | 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM | Reducing LTF by Developing Partnerships with Community Audiologists | DECC 211
Reducing LTF by Developing Partnerships with Community Audiologists
Hearing Screening Associates provides outsourcing services nationwide. We will review strategies implemented to successfully decrease loss-to-follow-up; primarily how developing relationships with Pediatric Audiologists in the community aid in LTF. The ability to have audiologist to audiologist communication can be so valuable to the follow up process. We will also review additional strategies to include: providing outpatient rescreens two weeks post discharge and hospital lead screener communicating with all families of refer babies. We are able to provide this outpatient rescreen in most of our hospitals nation-wide and this has significantly aided in reducing LTF. As an audiology-based outsourcing company we are committed to having all stakeholders participate in the process so that babies awaiting diagnosis do not become lost. We will share some of Hearing Screening Associates’ most successful partnerships with community audiologists, indicating how HSA has been able to maintain low LTF numbers.
- Participants will be able to describe specific activities for improving overall “loss-to-follow-up”.
- Participants will be able to describe how outsourcing can lower LTF.
- Participants will be able to discuss how relationships with diagnostic Pediatric Audiologist can lower LTF.
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Presenters/Authors
Wendy Jumonville
(), Hearing Screening Associates, weju@teamhsa.com;
Wendy A. Jumonville has worked as a Pediatric Audiologist for more than 35 years. She worked at Denver Children’s Hospital and The Louisiana School for the Deaf. She was on faculty at LSU BR in The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders for 30 years. She provided contract services for 10 years to the Louisiana EHDI Team as an Outreach Specialist. Currently Wendy is Director of Screening Services for Hearing Screening Associates, a hearing screening outsourcing company providing services nationwide.
Masters in Audiology, Purdue University, 1983
Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing, St. Mary’s Dominican College, 1981
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Salary for Management position from Hearing Screening Associates.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Ashley Schilling
(), Hearing Screening Associates, assn@teamhsa.com;
Ashley Schilling, AuD, CCC-A, has almost 20 years of experience in the field of Audiology, servicing both pediatric and adult populations. She has worked in private, medical, educational, and military settings. Most currently, she is the Assistant Director of Screening Services for Hearing Screening Associates, where she manages a team of audiologists and oversees the newborn hearing screening program in 25 hospitals across seven states.
Doctor of Audiology, University of Florida; 2007
Master of Arts, Audiology, Louisiana State University; 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Communication Disorders, Louisiana State University; 2000
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