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Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Program |
Completed Research Projects With CDC-EHDI
Funding
(Updated October 2006)
Please click on the blue link for more information
about a research project (information is in PDF format).
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Cost – Utah Department of Health and Utah State University,
the EI Research Institute and National Center for Hearing
Assessment and Management
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to (1) determine
the actual costs of screening, follow-up, and diagnosis of the
EHDI programs in Utah; (2) assess families’ experiences with
newborn hearing screening programs; and (3) assess the effect of
false positive screens.
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Deaf
People and Health Measures: Is a Database Feasible? -
University of Rochester, Department of Family Medicine
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to facilitate
participation in health services research by members of the deaf
community by fostering partnerships between health care,
academic, and deaf community organizations. This formed an
essential part of exploring the feasibility of a database to
help monitor the health of members of this underserved group. A
secondary goal was to explore attitudes and beliefs regarding
health services research among members of the deaf community.
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Efficacy of Two-Stage (OAE/AABR) Newborn Hearing Screening
Protocol – University of Hawai’i (UH), University of Hawai’i
Center on Disability Studies
Purpose: This project investigated the accuracy of the
two-stage screening process in detecting infants with hearing
loss.
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Epidemiology
and Etiology of Hearing Loss in Newborns and Young Children
- Utah Department of Health, Hawai’i Department of Health, Rhode
Island Department of Health
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the
epidemiology of hearing loss in infants and young children with
a permanent hearing loss of any type. The specific aim of this
study was to document the etiology of hearing loss for all
children identified before their third birthday.
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Examination of Service History and Developmental Status of
Children With Congenital Hearing Loss in Hawai'i - State of
Hawai'i Department of Health, Family Health Services Division
and Center for Disability Studies, University of Hawai'i.
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to study the
effectiveness of early identification and intervention for
children with hearing loss. In addition to serving as a pilot
study for a more comprehensive long-term outcome project, the
study obtained a description of the service history and
developmental status of children with congenital hearing loss in
Hawai'i in terms of their long-term communication, cognitive,
and social outcomes.
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Family
Interview and Family Perspectives - Rhode Island Department
of Health, Women and Infants Hospital and the Rhode Island
School for the Deaf, and consultants from Brown University
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to study the
psycho emotional effect of hearing screening results on
families, including families with children with hearing loss,
children who had a false-positive screen, and those who passed
their initial screen.
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Family
Surveys – Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, Health Care Program for Children with Special Needs
and Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Family
and Community Health
Purpose: The purpose of this project was two fold: (1) to
design survey instruments to evaluate their EHDI programs and to
pilot them in two participating states, and (2) to evaluate
parent satisfaction with the Colorado and Massachusetts EHDI
programs. The goal of the project was to facilitate improvement
of parent satisfaction within state EHDI programs
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Health Utility Effects of Congenital Hearing Loss in Children
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Arkansas University for
Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess methods
for measuring the health utilities of children with hearing loss
and their caregivers.
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Intrauterine Cytomegalovirus Infection and Hearing Loss in Young
Children - Utah Department of Health, University of Utah
School of Medicine, and University of Utah School of Medicine
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the
feasibility of CMV screening.
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Date:
April 04, 2007
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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