Factors Influencing Follow-up to Newborn Hearing Screening for Infants who are Hard-of-Hearing

Lenore Holte; Elizabeth Walker; Jacob Oleson; Meredith Spratford; Mary Pat Moeller; Patricia Roush; J. Bruce Tomblin; Hua Ou

doi:10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0016)

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Factors Influencing Follow-up to Newborn Hearing Screening for Infants who are Hard-of-Hearing

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Factors Influencing Follow-up to Newborn Hearing Screening for Infants who are Hard-of-Hearing

Lenore Holte, Elizabeth Walker, Jacob Oleson, Meredith Spratford, Mary Pat Moeller, Patricia Roush, J. Bruce Tomblin and Hua Ou

American journal of audiology, Vol.21(2), pp.163-174

12/2012

DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0016)

PMCID: PMC3435452

PMID: 22585937

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Abstract

Purpose To document the epidemiological characteristics of a group of children who are hard of hearing, identify individual predictor variables for timely follow-up after a failed newborn hearing screening, and identify barriers to follow-up encountered by families. Method The authors used an accelerated longitudinal design to investigate outcomes for children who are hard of hearing in a large, multicenter study. The present study involved a subgroup of 193 children with hearing loss who did not pass the newborn hearing screening. The authors used available records to capture ages of confirmation of hearing loss, hearing aid fitting, and entry into early intervention. Linear regression models were used to investigate relationships among individual predictor variables and age at each follow-up benchmark. Results Of several predictor variables, only higher levels of maternal education were significantly associated with earlier confirmation of hearing loss and fitting of hearing aids; severity of hearing loss was not. No variables were significantly associated with age of entry into early intervention. Each recommended benchmark was met by a majority of children, but only one third met all of the benchmarks within the recommended time frame. Conclusion Results suggest that underserved communities need extra support in navigating steps that follow failed newborn hearing screening.

universal newborn hearing screening

hearing loss

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Title: Subtitle: Factors Influencing Follow-up to Newborn Hearing Screening for Infants who are Hard-of-Hearing
Creators: Lenore Holte - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Elizabeth Walker - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Jacob Oleson - Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Meredith Spratford - Boystown National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE
Mary Pat Moeller - Boystown National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE
Patricia Roush - Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
J. Bruce Tomblin - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Hua Ou - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of audiology, Vol.21(2), pp.163-174
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0016)
PMID: 22585937
PMCID: PMC3435452
NLM abbreviation: Am J Audiol
ISSN: 1059-0889
eISSN: 1558-9137
Grant note: R01 DC009560 || DC / National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders : NIDCD
Language: English
Date published: 12/2012
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biostatistics; Otolaryngology
Record Identifier: 9984071986302771

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