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Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Program |
Ongoing Research Projects With CDC-EHDI Funding
(Updated October 2006)
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about a research project (information is in PDF format)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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
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