2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/19/2024 | 2:15 PM - 2:40 PM | THE NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS (NHSTC-CP) | Capitol 5
THE NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS (NHSTC-CP)
The NCHAM Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC) has been broadly used as a standardized, competency based, training solution for hospital-based screeners and stakeholders. It is built on principles from the 2019 JCIH Guidelines with the overarching goal of improving newborn hearing screening outcomes through screener buy-in, empowerment, knowledge, and skills.
Through a partnership between NCHAM and the Illinois Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, a new curriculum for newborn hearing screeners in out-of-hospital settings is being developed. In addition to screening in the midwifery population, the curriculum expands on training for outpatient screening settings such as pediatrician and PCP offices, community health clinics, county health departments, birthing centers, home births and whomever may be conducting out-of-hospital and outpatient newborn hearing screening.
Although this course follows the basic design of the current version of the NHSTC, it has been adapted for the outpatient screening setting, reflecting important differences in screening and follow-up practices. As with hospital based newborn hearing screening, screening in out-of- hospital settings also requires skills, training and knowledge in order to achieve successful outcomes and meet the 1 of the 1-3-6 national EHDI goals.
Course sections include: An Introduction to Newborn Hearing Screening, Best Practice Recommendations and Considerations, Preparing to Screen, Screening with OAE and ABR, and Communicating with Families. The training also includes content on state reporting and the importance of CMV screening.
This first part of the presentation will provide an overview of the content in the new curriculum. During the remainder of the session, there will be a discussion in which attendees will be encouraged to provide feedback and suggestions.
- • Describe how the NHSTC is being used as a quality improvement tool in EHDI programs
- • Describe the population the new course is targeted for
- • Describe how the course will benefit screeners in community settings
Presentation:
3478265_16414RandiWinston-Gerson.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
3478265_16414RandiWinston-Gerson.docx
Presenters/Authors
Randi Winston-Gerson
(Primary Presenter), NCHAM, randiwinston@mac.com;
Randi consults on a variety of EHDI related projects with the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM). She maintains her role as program manager for NCHAM’s Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC), the EHDI-PALS Directory and the Newborn Hearing Screening Virtual Site Visit (VSV) Program. She has co-authored several research articles involving newborn and early childhood screening.
From 1998– 2015 she maintained the role of consulting audiologist for The EAR Foundation of Arizona and Arizona's EHDI Program which included the implementation of newborn hearing and early childhood screening programs. The emphasis of her work included program quality, systems development, and best practices. During that time she served on NCHAM’s Technical Assistance Network, assisting states in Region X with their EHDI program development efforts.
From 2015-2018 she served as Hearing Screening Program Manager at Audiology Systems.
Randi holds doctorate of audiology, is state licensed in Arizona and a member of AAA and ASHA. She serves as co-director of the Arizona Special Olympics Healthy Hearing Program.
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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Stacy Jordan
(Co-Presenter), VTEHDI, Stacy.Jordan@partner.vermont.gov ;
Stacy Jordan is an audiologist and has been involved in various aspects of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) since 2001. Her experiences range from establishing and managing a hospital-based screening program, clinical work for a state-wide public health program screening children birth-eight years old, data base development, implementation and training, as well as education, training and collaboration with various community partners (Early Head Start, pediatric primary care, home birth midwives, hospitals, audiologist and Early Intervention). Employed by the University of Vermont Medical Center and contracted to the department of health Family and Child Health Division. She has worked on various projects with NCHAM over the years: Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO), Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC), Virtual Site Visit (VSV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Conference planning and host site and others.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Consulting fee for Consulting from National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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Financial relationship with National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management.
Nature: Hourly consultant for developing, reviewing, editing educational and training materials. .
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.