16th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
February 26-28, 2017 • Atlanta, GA
2/28/2017 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | National Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Survey on the Importance of Pediatric Audiology Guidelines | Hanover C
National Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Survey on the Importance of Pediatric Audiology Guidelines
Authors: Hanna Sawher, B.S., Amy Hartman, AuD, Elizabeth Seeliger, AuD
Early detection of hearing status is crucial to a child’s auditory and language development. The process of early detection and identification is complex and has many barriers. Some of these barriers were described by Shulman, et al. in 2010 and include; 1) physicians take the wait-it-out approach to follow-up care, 2) inconsistent usage of screening protocols, and 3) providers’ lack knowledge of developmental milestones, early intervention, and referral sources. A survey by Uhler et. al., (2014), regarding EHDI programs, detailed further barriers to follow-up including; inconsistent provider knowledge, information gaps between providers, service availability, system capacity for services offered, and limited access to pediatric audiologists.
In Wisconsin and nationally, the time to identification has not decreased significantly over the past few years. Many reasons for this delay have been hypothesized. One suggested reason for delay is lack of consistent protocols among providers and/or deviation from best practice. A proposed solution to this problem has been to develop and incorporate state pediatric audiology guidelines. Some states currently have pediatric audiology guidelines, but many do not, and there is no current data on how many states do have these guidelines. We administered a survey to all EHDI coordinators regarding pediatric audiology guidelines and will discuss the results and analysis of this survey.
Shulman, S., Besculides, M., Saltzman, A., Ireys, H., White, K. R., & Forsman, I. (2010). Evaluation of the universal newborn hearing screening and intervention program. Pediatrics, 126(Supplement 1), S19-S27.
Uhler, K., Thomson, V., Cyr, N., Gabbard, S., A., & Yoshinaga-Itano, C. (2014). State and Territory EHDI Databases: What We Do and Don’t Know About the Hearing or Audiological Data From Identified Children. American Journal of Audiology, 23, 34-43.
- Learners will recognize reasons for a perceived need for pediatric audiology guidelines in Wisconsin and the nation.
- Learners will summarize the results of a national survey on pediatric audiology guidelines for EHDI coordinators.
- Learners will evaluate whether pediatric audiology guidelines may be beneficial for their own state.
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Elizabeth Seeliger
(), Global Impact Audiology, globalimpactaudiology@gmail.com;
Elizabeth has worked as a clinical audiologist in a variety of settings, helping to guide children and families through the process of diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss. As the Wisconsin Sound Beginnings (WSB) Program Director Elizabeth has played a leadership role in the development of a data, tracking and referral system, developed educational resources for hospitals, providers and an interactive notebook for parents. Elizabeth has also spearheaded the initiative to enable WI homebirth midwives to provide UNHS. Elizabeth has also provided technical assistance and consultation locally and internationally on quality improvement in EHDI systems.
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Amy Hartman
(), University of Wisconsin Doctor of Audiology Program, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders , amy.hartman@wisc.edu;
Amy Hartman is the director of clinical education and clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison. She provides clinical education for Au.D. students and teaches several courses including counseling for audiologists and pediatric audiology. Her clinical passion is working with children with hearing loss, particularly audiologic assessments of infants and children, and central auditory processing evaluations. Dr. Hartman is a consultant with the UW Madison LEND program. She is actively involved in local, state, regional and national initiatives to promote hearing healthcare for children and adults. She has been involved in multiple student research projects focusing on early hearing detection and intervention. She has traveled internationally to provide audiology services to underserved children. She is involved in many outreach activities including out of hospital clinics for the Amish and Mennonite populations in Wisconsin and hosting a dramatic play summer camp for children with hearing loss.
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Hanna Sawher
(), Affiliations: 1) The University of Wisconsin Madison Au.D. Program 2) Wisconsin Sound Beginnings: EHDI Program of Wisconsin , hanna.sebring@wisc.edu;
Hanna is a 3rd year audiology graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. She is a current 2nd year Wisconsin Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Trainee. She is involved in many outreach and pediatric groups including the Wisconsin Sound Beginnings Cytomegalovirus Workgroup and the EHDI Student Involvement Subcommittee for the EHDI 2017 Conference. Hanna is also an Advocacy Committee Member for the Student Academy of Audiology. Hanna’s clinical experiences to date include Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Monroe Hospital, Central Wisconsin Center, Pediatric Summer Camp at UW Madison Speech and Hearing Clinic, and the Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, and Neuromotor Development clinics at the Waisman Center in Madison WI. Hanna is passionate and dedicated to serving patients and their families in her community. She is determined to be the best team member and pediatric audiologist she can be. Everything about pediatric audiology speaks her heart, from the interaction with the patients and their families to the evidence based practice used to better the lives of the children she serves. Hanna sees each clinical day as an opportunity to grow and make a positive impact. She dedicated to this process of clinical growth and exploration to become someone who can help others and better her community.
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