2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| JICH Recommendations for Otoacoustic Emission and Automated Auditory Brainstem Response Testing 10 Years Later
JICH Recommendations for Otoacoustic Emission and Automated Auditory Brainstem Response Testing 10 Years Later
Hearing-screening and -rescreening protocols are addressed in the 2007 Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Position Statement. A decade later we continue educate stakeholders on the key principals:
” Infants in the well-infant nursery who fail automated ABR testing should not be rescreened by OAE testing and “passed,” because such infants are presumed to be at risk of having a subsequent diagnosis of auditory neuropathy/dyssynchrony.
? Separate protocols are recommended for NICU and well-infant nurseries. NICU infants admitted for more than 5 days are to have auditory brainstem response (ABR) included as part of their screening so that neural hearing loss will not be missed.
? For rescreening, a complete screening on both ears is recommended, even if only 1 ear failed the initial screening. “
The 2007 JCIH statement has impacted the use of otoacoustic emission testing for inpatient newborn hearing screening. In Illinois, there has been a dramatic decline in the use of otoacoustic emissions for inpatient hearing screening. However, the use of otoacoustic emissions outpatient has not had a corresponding decline especially after the use of automated auditory brainstem response testing on the initial screening. The poster will review the JCIH recommendations, provide an analysis of 10 years of inpatient hearing technology used in screening data and 10 years of outpatient data on technology used for hearing screening. Are providers adhering to national recommendations? What does this mean for the hearing health of infants?
- The reader will know the JCIH 2007 recommendations for screening protocols
- The reader will review inpatient screening data for the past decade
- The reader will review the data trends for inpatient compared to outpatient hearing screening
Presentation:
This presentation has not yet been uploaded.
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Samantha Raymond
(Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter,Author), Illinois Department of Public Health, samantha.raymond@illinois.gov;
Samantha holds a bachelor's degree in English. She currently attends the University of Illinois at Springfield where she is pursued her master in Public Administration. She was awarded a Graduate Public Service Internship with the Illinois Department of Public Health from 2017-2019. Samantha works in the EHDI Program focusing on quality assurance and quality improvement.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Nonfinancial -
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Nonfinancial -
Ginger Mullin
(Point of Contact,Co-Presenter,Author), Illinois Department of Public Health, ginger.mullin@illinois.gov;
Dr. Ginger Mullin has a Bachelor’s degree Communication Disorders. She also holds a Master’s and Doctoral degree in Audiology. She has worked in pediatric audiology and the EHDI system since 1995 and became Illinois’ EHDI coordinator in 2005. During that time she has been the principal investigator for both the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants/ cooperative agreements. She has received specific training in pediatrics, public health, data management and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). As the EHDI Coordinator, Dr. Mullin has worked at the state and national level to promote newborn hearing screening, audiology diagnostics, targeted intervention, family-to-family support, stakeholder education and ongoing surveillance through age 3. She has presented regionally and nationally on pediatric assessment, amplification, the EHDI system of care, and partnering with families She has been part of the leadership teams for the Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC), EHDI-PALS, Virtual Site Visit Project (VSV), as well as the national EHDI Meeting. She has severed in many capacities, including the President for the Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies. She is the co-leader of EHDI Chats a national forum for EHDI Coordinators to meet monthly and share seamlessly while stealing shamelessly from one another to enhance state programs. She has been nominated several time for the Antonio Maxon Award at the National EHDI Meeting and received the Seaver Vision Award. Dr. Mullin was also a key leader for the EHDI and GBYS program which received the Generating Real Action by Cultivating Engagement (GRACE) Award from Expecting Health and Baby’s First Test. Dr. Mullin sits on the Illinois Universal Newborn Screening Advisory Committee and the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention to guide work for children with low-incidence sensory disabilities.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Illinois Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program .
Nature: The EHDI program is funded by HRSA and CDC.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.