2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
4/16/2013 | 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Phase II-Successful Education Strategy: Pairing Hearing and Bloodspot Education-Reaching Audiologists and Primary Care Providers | Solana C | 1
Phase II-Successful Education Strategy: Pairing Hearing and Bloodspot Education-Reaching Audiologists and Primary Care Providers
The paired hearing and bloodspot education efforts were expanded beyond site visits and education at hospitals to include Audiology practices, primary care providers, pediatricians, midwives and community health centers. This paired message reinforces that newborn hearing screening is included as part of the newborn screening panel and has follow up implications just as the bloodspot. Successful 1-3-6 messages include the medical home and audiologists and it is imperative that they understand their unique roles and responsibilities to each other and to their patients. The visits provide an overview of the AzEHDI system and an understanding of how to navigate the system for appropriate referral and follow up. This presentation will review the content shared during the visits, provide materials distributed during the visits, and discuss follow up strategies.
- Learn effective site visit strategies
- Combine hearing and bloodspot education into a cohesive message resulting in early diagnosis, treatment and intervention
- Incorporate parent and professional materials and tools to decrease loss to follow up/documentation
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Presenters/Authors
Randi Winston-Gerson
(Author), NCHAM, A.T. Still University, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, randiwinston@infanthearing.org;
Randi consults on a variety of EHDI related projects and serves as adjunct assistant professor at A.T. Still University. Prior to that she worked as a consulting audiologist for The EAR Foundation of Arizona and Arizona's EHDI Program since 1998. Her role included the implementation of newborn hearing and early childhood screening programs with an emphasis on program quality, systems development and best practices. During that time she served on NCHAM’s Technical Assistance Network, assisting states in Region X. Randi maintains her role as lead audiologist on the Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC) project and has co-authored several research articles involving newborn and early childhood screening.
Randi holds doctorate of audiology, is state licensed in Arizona and a member of AAA, ASHA and the ArSHA. She also serves as director of the Arizona Special Olympics Healthy Hearing Program.
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Melissa Selbst
(Co-Presenter,Author), EAR Foundation of Arizona, selbstm@yahoo.com;
Executive Director, 2006-present
EAR Foundation of Arizona
Staff and volunteer management, Fundraising, Community Relations, Board Management and Development
Financial Management, Program Management Professional Education and Training
Director of Program Services and Public Affairs, 1996 – 2006
March of Dimes Arizona Chapter, Phoenix, Arizona
Program management and oversight for public health education, professional health education,
advocacy and grants management for the Arizona Chapter.
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Sondi Aponte
(POC,Co-Presenter,Author), Az Dept of Health Services, sondi.aponte@azdhs.gov;
With 15 years’ experience in technology, program development, and training, Sondi Aponte is the Quality Improvement, Education and Outreach Manager with the Office of Newborn Screening (ONBS) program at the Arizona Department of Health Services. In that capacity, she develops quality assurance measures, monitors program outcomes, oversees hearing grants, and is the project lead on the CDC Data Integration grant. Program quality improvement responsibilities include data evaluation and analysis, report creation and overall data integrity. Partnership development and enhancement are crucial components of her job, representing the ONBS with The Az. Academy of Pediatrics, The Arizona Perinatal Trust and The EAR Foundation of Arizona (EFAz) among others.Sondi develops and implements training materials and educates clinical providers and families on newborn screening best practice.
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