17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
3/20/2018 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | How to Engage EHDI Stakeholders in Monitoring Programs for Risk Indicators | Capitol 5
How to Engage EHDI Stakeholders in Monitoring Programs for Risk Indicators
Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) recommends audiological monitoring for newborns identified with risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss. The list of risk indicators includes caregiver concerns, family history of permanent childhood hearing loss, NICU stay greater than 5 days, assisted ventilation, ototoxic medications, hyperbilirubinemia requiring transfusions, in-utero infections, craniofacial anomalies, physical findings or syndromes associated with hearing loss or progressive or late-onset hearing loss, neurodegenerative disorders, culture-positive postnatal infections associated with hearing loss, head trauma and chemotherapy. Some risk indicators are more concerning and require frequent audiological monitoring. JCIH 2007 position statement did not provide a detailed protocol for monitoring of risk indicators in infants. As a result, there are inconsistencies in risk monitoring protocols from state to state, clinic to clinic, and even audiologist to audiologist.
Ida ho has been collecting and analyzing risk monitoring data since 2007. To target program enhancement Idaho’s EHDI program developed a survey to evaluate other EHDI programs in regards to risk monitoring. In 2016, an EHDI program survey was completed to assess which programs were completing risk monitoring and what was being monitored. According to survey results, the majority of programs (79%) reported completing monitoring for risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss. Of those that complete monitoring, only 52% indicated they provided guidance to audiology clinics within their state. Of those who were not completing monitoring programs almost 80% were interested in learning more about monitoring risk indicators. This presentation will provide guidance on how to initiate an EHDI risk monitoring program, including definition of stakeholders, suggestions on how to engage stakeholders within your program, and examples of failures and successes within Idaho’s risk monitoring program.
- Following completion of the presentation, participants will be able to identify the stakeholders involved with monitoring for delayed-onset hearing loss.
- Following completion of the presentation, participants will be able to explain options for risk monitoring protocols.
- Following completion of the presentation, participants will be able to describe opportunities to engage stakeholders within the monitoring process.
Presentation:
15805_7974JessicaStich-Hennen.pdf
Handouts:
15805_7974JessicaStich-Hennen.pdf
15805_7974JessicaStich-Hennen.pptx
15805_7974JessicaStich-Hennen_2.pdf
Transcripts:
15805_7974JessicaStich-Hennen.doc
Presenters/Authors
Jessica Stich-Hennen
(), St. Luke's Idaho Elks Hearing & Balance Center -Boise , stichhej@slhs.org;
Jessica Stich-Hennen, AuD, PASC, earned her doctorate in audiology from Idaho State University and her bachelor's degree in business administration from North Dakota State University. In 2011, Dr. Stich-Hennen earned Specialty Certification in Pediatric Audiology (PASC) from the American Board of Audiology. Dr. Stich-Hennen specializes in pediatric diagnostics and amplification, auditory osseointegrated implants (i.e. BAHA), Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) evaluations, and Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) evaluations. Dr. Stich-Hennen works as the primary audiologist for the Idaho Cleft Palate and Craniofacial team. She has served on Idaho Hands & Voices (IDHV) Board, Idaho’s Early Hearing Detection Intervention (EHDI) Advisory Committee and several committees and executive board for the Idaho Speech Hearing Association (ISHA). Dr. Stich-Hennen has given numerous regional and national professional presentations on various topics in pediatric audiology and co-authored a chapter in the EHDI e-book titled “Risk Monitoring for Delayed-Onset Hearing Loss.”
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Gabriel Bargen
(), Idaho State University, barggabr@isu.edu;
Gabriel Anne Bargen, Ph.D., is the Executive Director for the Idaho State University Health Science Center in Meridian, Idaho and an Associate Professor of Audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her clinical and research training includes master's degrees in both speech-language pathology and audiology and a PhD in Audiology from the University of Kansas. She instructs ISU courses including pediatric audiology and advance aural rehabilitation. Professional interests include pediatric audiology specifically diagnostic hearing assessment and treatment; assessing risks associated with hearing dysfunction in infants; clinical application of screening and diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing; otoprotective agents. Dr. Bargen’s current research focuses on evaluating risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss and finding ways to make resources accessible to all children who are hard of hearing or deaf in Idaho by connecting community entities across the state. She also has a grant to evaluate the efficacy of an otoprotective agent against noise induced hearing loss. Dr. Bargen is on the Idaho Sound Beginnings (EHDI) Advisory Board, she is a member of the ASHA Special Interest Group (SIG) 6 Coordinating Committee, she is on the American Journal of Audiology Editorial Review Board and the SIG 9 Editorial Review Board, and serves as co-faculty lead for the Infant Pediatric Audiology supplement for the Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (URLEND) program.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Receives Grants for Other activities from Idaho State University.
Receives Grants for Other activities from Idaho State University.
Receives Grants for Other activities from Idaho State University.
Receives Grants for Other activities from Idaho State University.
Receives Grants for Other activities from Idaho State University.
Receives Grants for Other activities from Idaho State University.
Receives Grants for Other activities from Idaho State University.
Receives Grants for Membership on advisory committee or review panels,Other activities from Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board.
Receives Grants for Membership on advisory committee or review panels,Other activities from Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board.
Receives Grants for Membership on advisory committee or review panels,Other activities from Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board.
Nonfinancial -
Has a Professional (I am a member of the Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board)
relationship for Board membership.
Has a Professional (I am a member of the Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board)
relationship for Board membership.
Has a Professional (I am a member of the Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board)
relationship for Board membership.
Has a Professional (I am a member of the Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board)
relationship for Board membership.
Has a Professional (I am a member of the Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board)
relationship for Board membership.
Has a Professional (I am a member of the Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board)
relationship for Board membership.
Has a Professional (I am a member of the Idaho Sound Beginnings Advisory Board)
relationship for Board membership.
Has a Professional (member of advisory board)
relationship for Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels.
Has a Professional (member of advisory board)
relationship for Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels.
Has a Professional (member of advisory board)
relationship for Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels.