2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/20/2018 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | How to Engage EHDI Stakeholders in Monitoring Programs for Risk Indicators | Capitol 5
How to Engage EHDI Stakeholders in Monitoring Programs for Risk Indicators
Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) recommends audiological monitoring for newborns identified with risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss. The list of risk indicators includes caregiver concerns, family history of permanent childhood hearing loss, NICU stay greater than 5 days, assisted ventilation, ototoxic medications, hyperbilirubinemia requiring transfusions, in-utero infections, craniofacial anomalies, physical findings or syndromes associated with hearing loss or progressive or late-onset hearing loss, neurodegenerative disorders, culture-positive postnatal infections associated with hearing loss, head trauma and chemotherapy. Some risk indicators are more concerning and require frequent audiological monitoring. JCIH 2007 position statement did not provide a detailed protocol for monitoring of risk indicators in infants. As a result, there are inconsistencies in risk monitoring protocols from state to state, clinic to clinic, and even audiologist to audiologist.
Ida ho has been collecting and analyzing risk monitoring data since 2007. To target program enhancement Idaho’s EHDI program developed a survey to evaluate other EHDI programs in regards to risk monitoring. In 2016, an EHDI program survey was completed to assess which programs were completing risk monitoring and what was being monitored. According to survey results, the majority of programs (79%) reported completing monitoring for risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss. Of those that complete monitoring, only 52% indicated they provided guidance to audiology clinics within their state. Of those who were not completing monitoring programs almost 80% were interested in learning more about monitoring risk indicators. This presentation will provide guidance on how to initiate an EHDI risk monitoring program, including definition of stakeholders, suggestions on how to engage stakeholders within your program, and examples of failures and successes within Idaho’s risk monitoring program.
- Following completion of the presentation, participants will be able to identify the stakeholders involved with monitoring for delayed-onset hearing loss.
- Following completion of the presentation, participants will be able to explain options for risk monitoring protocols.
- Following completion of the presentation, participants will be able to describe opportunities to engage stakeholders within the monitoring process.
Presentation:
This presentation has not yet been uploaded.
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Jessica Stich-Hennen
(), Idaho Elks Hearing & Balance Center -Boise , stichhej@slhs.org;
Dr. Jessica Stich-Hennen, AuD, PASC, earned her doctorate degree in audiology from Idaho State University. In 2011, Dr. Stich-Hennen earned Specialty Certification in Pediatric Audiology from American Board of Audiology. Her areas of clinical and research focus include: pediatric diagnostics, pediatric amplification, osseointegrated implants, central auditory processing disorder evaluations, newborn hearing screening programs and risk monitoring for delayed-onset hearing loss in pediatrics.
Dr. Stich-Hennen is the Director of Audiology for Idaho Speech Language Hearing Association and works as the primary audiologist for the Idaho Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Deformities team. Dr. Stich-Hennen has given numerous professional presentations (locally and nationally) and published a chapter in the 2013-2015 EHDI E-book on risk indicator monitoring for delayed-onset hearing loss. In 2017, she co-authored an article on EHDI risk indicator monitoring system in the Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (JEHDI).
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Nonfinancial -
Gabriel Bargen
(), Idaho State University, barggabr@isu.edu;
Gabriel Anne Bargen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Idaho State University in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the Meridian Health Science Center. She also serves as the Interim Executive Director for the ISU Health Science Center in Meridian. She teaches courses at ISU, including pediatric audiology, auditory anatomy and physiology, and advance aural rehabilitation. Professional interests include pediatric audiology specifically diagnostic hearing assessment and treatment; assessing risks associated with hearing dysfunction in infants; clinical application of auditory brainstem response (ABR) for hearing screening in newborns, infants, and toddlers. Dr. Bargen’s current research focuses on evaluating risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss and finding ways to make resources accessible to all children who are hard of hearing or deaf in Idaho by connecting community entities across the state.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary,Consulting fee,Grants for Employment from Idaho State University and URLEND.
Nonfinancial -
• Has a Professional (member of advisory board)
relationship for Board membership.