2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/18/2024 | 10:05 AM - 11:00 AM | Considerations for Collecting and Documenting Language Outcomes from 1 to 36 months of Age for Infants Identified as Deaf or Hard of Hearing | Capitol 1
Considerations for Collecting and Documenting Language Outcomes from 1 to 36 months of Age for Infants Identified as Deaf or Hard of Hearing
For infants born deaf or hard or hearing (D/HH) and identified by Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs, an important indicator of developmental function is the later use of communicative language. Many EHDI and intervention programs currently do not routinely collect and evaluate key measures of language development. With the inclusion of outcome language measures, programs could evaluate the impact of early identification and intervention and identify health disparities and potential areas of focus for improving outcomes for children who are D/HH.
This presentation will focus on important considerations for EHDI and intervention programs in the identification, collection, analysis, and reporting of language outcome data. Topics will include 1) selecting assessment instruments that will yield useful information at the system level, 2) implementing a common language measure throughout a program and/or state, 3) determining fields to include in a database to maximize interpretability when analyzing and reporting group data, and 4) lessons learned regarding program-wide data collection. These topics will be informed by knowledge gained through a comprehensive program evaluation as a part of a partnership between the CDC EHDI Program and the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Information gleaned from interviews with early intervention and EHDI programs will be shared to inform planning for EHDI and intervention programs to include meaningful outcome measures of language development.
- List important considerations when selecting assessments to document and monitor child language skills at the program and/or statewide level
- Suggest specific fields to include in a developmental outcomes database
- Identify benefits and barriers to program and/or state-wide implementation of a common assessment instrument
Presentation:
3478265_16344AllisonSedey.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
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Presenters/Authors
Allison Sedey
(Primary Presenter,Author), University of Colorado-Boulder, Allison.Sedey@colorado.edu;
Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and researcher at the University of Colorado-Boulder and is the assessment and accountability coordinator for the Early Intervention Outreach Program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Dr. Sedey received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied language acquisition in children who are deaf/hard of hearing as well as in children who have Down syndrome. Since that time, she has served as the project coordinator on a variety of grant-funded research projects examining predictors of developmental outcomes in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dr. Sedey is currently the director of the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Grants for Employment from Centers for Disease Control.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with University of Colorado-Boulder.
Nature: Receives a salary from a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control supporting the collection of language outcomes.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Gary Harmon
(Co-Author), Contractor for CDC EHDI, gharmon@gentechassociates.com;
Dr. Gary Harmon is the Evaluation Consultant on CDC EHDI program team for the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) project. He has over 20 years of experience in public health and education program administration. He was the Data Manager for the North Carolina (NC) Part C Early Intervention Program, a national technical assistance specialist for the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center and the Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems, both out of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Harmon has been working with the Centers for Disease Control’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program as a consultant for the past four years.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Centers for Disease Control.
Nature: Evaluation Consultant on ODDACE Cooperative Agreement.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Erika Odom
(Co-Author), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, iyo7@cdc.gov;
CDR Erika Odom (Commander, United States Public Health Service) has spent 15 years shaping science and programs using a health equity perspective grounded in biopsychosocial frameworks in human development. She received her PhD in Applied Developmental Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, conducting research on maternal mental health and the association with various developmental outcomes for young children. CDR Odom joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2010 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer where her work focused on promoting supportive environments for women who choose to breastfeed. She then went on the serve with the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, honing skills in registry data collection, evaluation and translational research within populations living with blood disorders and that have been systematically marginalized in healthcare. From 2014-2023, CDR Odom served as an Epidemiologist in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. There she excelled in program management and developed subject matter expertise focused on the pre-hospital environment and improving the stroke and cardiac chain of survival. In her most recent tenure, she serves as the Team Lead for the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, working with a team of passionate public health professionals, shaping the future of early hearing surveillance and data quality improvement.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
Nature: Employer and EHDI funder.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.