Ongoing Research Projects With CDC-EHDI Funding
(Updated October 2006)

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• Birth Certificate Orders: A Missed Opportunity for Hearing Screening Follow-Up - Utah State University
  
  Purpose: The focus of this project is on increasing the percentage of children who complete needed follow-up diagnostic evaluation.
   

• Genetic Services for Congenital Hearing Loss - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  Purpose: The foci of this project are to (1) determine the number of infants with congenital hearing loss identified through the North Carolina Newborn Hearing Screening Program who receive a comprehensive genetic evaluation; (2) determine what factors limit or facilitate access to genetic services for infants with congenital hearing loss; and (3) assess families' experiences with and attitudes toward genetic services and their understanding of genetic information they receive.
   

• Language and Behavioral Outcomes of Children With Congenital Hearing Loss: Family Perspectives Study II - Women and Infants’ Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
  
  Purpose: This project extends the work of a previously CDC funded project, Family Interview and Family Perspectives. The goal of this continuation is to conduct prospective comparisons of language, communication, behavior and adaptive skills among (1) children who were identified early with minimal/mild hearing loss; (2) children identified early with moderate to profound bilateral hearing loss; and (3) typically hearing children at 36 and 48 months of age. Additionally, the project will identify the child, family, and intervention characteristics that contribute to optimized outcomes. Minimal/mild hearing loss is defined to include unilateral hearing loss of any degree and bilateral hearing loss ≤ 40dB); moderate to profound bilateral hearing loss is defined as > 40dB)
   

• Loss to Follow-Up - CDC “1% Evaluation Project”, CDC and RTI International
  
  Purpose: The intended use of the evaluation is to develop recommendations and activities that can be implemented by state Early Hearing Detection and Intervention or EHDI programs to reduce loss to follow-up. Additionally, states wishing to conduct their own evaluations will be able to use the survey tools developed for this project.
   

• Minimal Hearing Loss in Children: Prevalence, Speech, and Language Development and Effects of Early Intervention – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  
  Purpose: The proposed investigation focuses on children with mild bilateral or unilateral hearing loss. The intent is to learn more about current practice patterns of clinical audiology programs across the United States that serve children with mild bilateral and unilateral hearing loss; to test the efficacy of hearing screening in preschool years to detect mild bilateral or unilateral hearing loss, and to learn more about children with unilateral hearing loss.
   

• Monitoring Risk Factors for Late-Onset Hearing Loss Among Children – University of Washington
  
  Purpose: The funded project has three goals: (1) evaluate the efficacy of the JCIH 2000 recommended neonatal risk indicators for progressive and/or late-onset hearing loss; (2) ensure the accuracy of reporting of the JCIH 2000 neonatal risk indicators for progressive and/or late-onset hearing loss by hospitals by implementing quality control measures; and (3) evaluate the compliance with the JCIH 2000 recommendations for monitoring and assessing children by their primary care physicians and parents.

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Date: April 04, 2007
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities