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1999 – 2004 Data

The Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies (DSHPSHWA) formed a task force in 1995 to determine which data items should be included in a future national database for early hearing detection and intervention. In 1998, CDC began sponsoring monthly teleconferences for the DSHPSHWA group and their consultants to discuss the items and their definitions. A list of data items were agreed on in October 1999 and are listed below.

2005 - 2006 DSHPSHWA Membership Directory

Core DSHPSHWA Data Items

• Number of live births

  • Number screened prior to discharge

  • Number screened after discharge but before one month of age

• Number referred for audiologic evaluation

• Number who received audiologic evaluation by 3 months of age

• Number with Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss (PCHL) aged 0-7 years, by birth year

  • Number with PCHL by Classification

• Average/median age of diagnosis of hearing loss

• Number of infants enrolled in intervention by 6 months of age

Data is collected through a voluntary response DSHPSHWA survey that is sent to contacts in state and territory EHDI programs each year. The survey requests data for the previous birth year (i.e., the survey sent in year 2002 requested data for those infants born in year 2001). The survey has been expanded since the first version in 1999 to include additional information about items including legislation, data reporting, and tracking.  

Reporting Surveys ( PDF formatted documents)

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• 2004 DSHPSHWA Survey
• 2004 Survey Explanations
• 2003 DSHPSHWA Survey
• 2003 Survey Explanations
• 2002 DSHPSHWA Survey
• 2002 Survey Explanations 
• 2001 DSHPSHWA Survey
• 2001 Survey Explanations 
• 2000 DSHPSHWA Survey
• 2000 Survey Explanations
• 1999 DSHPSHWA Survey

Estimated DSHPSHWA Data (1999-2004)

2004 Data ( PDF formatted documents)

• 2004 DSHPSHWA Data Summary
• Infants Screened for Hearing Loss (2004)
• Percent Screened in 2004 by State and Territory (Map)
• Infants Screened for Hearing Loss before Hospital Discharge (2004)
• Infants for Referred for Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation (2004)
• Infants Receiving Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation (2004)
• Infants Receiving Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation before 3 Months of Age (2004)
• Infants Identified with Hearing Loss (2004)
• Infants Identified with Hearing Loss Through a Newborn Hearing Screening Program (2004)
• Infants with Hearing Loss Enrolled in Early Intervention (2004)
• Infants with Hearing Loss Enrolled in Early Intervention before 6 Months of Age (2004)
• Type and Severity for Cases of Unilateral Hearing Loss (2004)
• Type and Severity for Cases of Bilateral Hearing Loss (2004)

2003 Data ( PDF formatted documents)

• 2003 DSHPSHWA Data Summary
• Infants Screened for Hearing Loss (2003)
• Infants Screened for Hearing Loss before Hospital Discharge (2003)
• Infants for Referred for Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation (2003)
• Infants Receiving Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation (2003)
• Infants Receiving Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation before 3 Months of Age (2003)
• Infants Identified with Hearing Loss (2003)
• Infants Identified with Hearing Loss Through a Newborn Hearing Screening Program (2003)
• Infants with Hearing Loss Enrolled in Early Intervention (2003) (Intervention_03_web)
• Infants with Hearing Loss Enrolled in Early Intervention before 6 Months of Age (2003)
• Type and Severity for Cases of Unilateral Hearing Loss (2003)
• Type and Severity for Cases of Bilateral Hearing Loss (2003)
  
   

2000 - 2002 Data (available in the EHDI State Profile)

• State Profile instructions
• State Profile (2000 and 2002 DSHPSHWA data)

DSHPSHWA Data for year 1999 is available in the below tables and data for years 2000, 2001 and 2002 are available in the EHDI State Profile. 

1999 Data ( PDF formatted documents)

A total of 22 states responded to the DSHPSHWA survey with data for year 1999. Most states were unable to respond to all the questions that were asked. 

• Number of UNHS Hospitals, 1999
• Number Screened, Referred, and Evaluated, 1999

UNHS: Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Hospital

MMWR Article

Title: Infants Tested for Hearing Loss - United States, 1999-2001 was published in the October 17, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 4 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). This MMWR article includes information about the status of newborn hearing screening and follow-up in states and territories.

Download a PDF version of this MMWR issue

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Date: February 21, 2008
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities