2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| Key Metrics to Benchmark State-level Early Hearing Loss Detection and Intervention Programs.
Key Metrics to Benchmark State-level Early Hearing Loss Detection and Intervention Programs.
Introduction
The prevalence of hearing loss is estimated at 1.1-3.5 per 1,000 newborns screened.1
The CDC tracks hearing loss prevalence (HLp) in newborns and their most recent data reports a rate of 1.7 in 2020. While CDC’s rich EHDI database is accessible to all, it is not presented in a user-friendly manner. Therefore, our study focuses on exploring EHDI indicators across the US and to enable states to compare their metrics to other states.
Methods
We gathered EHDI data from the years 2007 to 2020 from the CDC for 50 states and DC. We identified more than 20 variables and calculated indicators from the data. We calculated the state average, median, and standard deviation by year. We visualized the indicators to compare states' performance and EHDI system effectiveness. To further investigate the variability in the performance of states we have begun to compare states on three measures: median household income, percentage of the population who are non-Hispanic Black or African American, and state health expenditures per capita. While we plan to apply longitudinal regression analysis with each of the three variables on key EHDI indicators, our end goal is to visualize all the EHDI indicators on a public website for EHDI professionals to explore and utilize.
Results
We traced the EHDI system and explored the data to devise novel indicators that allowed us to help see the effectiveness of the EHDI program in states. The average hearing loss prevalence detected across states has increased from 1.38 in 2007 to 1.7 in 2020.
Conclusion
This study investigated the CDC’s EHDI data and devised novel parameters to compare states’ performances and monitor program efficacy over time. These parameters and study findings highlight potential program enhancement areas so that the targeted interventions to improve EHDI performance can be implemented across the country.
- Participants will be able to visualize the trend of the national average from 2007 to 2020 of Hearing loss prevalence(HLp), Loss to follow-up, and early intervention rate.
- Participants will be able to analyze the EHDI program through the novel parameters we created.
- Participants will be able to keep track of states requiring special attention under the EHDI Program
Presentation:
3478265_16424KeshavKumar.pdf
3478265_16424VeronicaChaitan.pdf
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Presenters/Authors
Keshav Kumar
(Primary Presenter,Author), Center for Public Health Systems Science, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, k.keshav@wustl.edu;
Aspiring data analyst with expertise in large dataset analysis by working on CDCEHDI large dataset using R Studio. Headed metabolomics study on breast cancerand enrolled participants in the DUET Study at Washington University School ofMedicine. Proficient using Python for deep learning and machine learning tasks.Graduated with honors in Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Banaras HinduUniversity. Demonstrated strong leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic andcontributed significantly to healthcare initiatives at Tata Memorial Center, SouthAsia’s largest cancer center. Recognized as a top 4 finalist in India’s prestigiousInter-Institutional School of Diagnostic Innovation in Biodesign Fellowship.
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Nature: This work is funded by Dr. James W. Seeser and is consistent with the non-profit mission of Washington University in St. Louis.
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Veronica Chaitan
(Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Center for Public Health Systems Science, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, vlchaitan@wustl.edu;
Veronica is a Senior Data Analyst at the Center. Her current work includes the Advancing Science & Practice in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE) Tobacco Town project, PreventEd-led implementation grants focused on addressing the opioid epidemic in rural communities, and analyses of local adult tobacco surveys and CDC’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) data. Her responsibilities include data collection, management and analysis, online survey development and administration, and preparation of findings for dissemination products. Her interests include data management, visualization, and translation.
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Laura Brossart
(Co-Author), Washington University in St. Louis, lbrossart@wustl.edu;
Laura is the Assistant Director of Communications and Dissemination for CPHSS. She directs the Center’s communications plan and activities, overseeing all internal and external communications. Laura also oversees the design and dissemination of all Center evaluation and research products (print, web, and interactive).
Additionally, Laura serves as the Co-Investigator on the long-running User Guide project, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Laura also serves as manager of the Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) core for the Advancing Science & Practice in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE) project and as Dissemination Lead for the Translational Science Benefits Model project.
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Todd Combs
(Co-Author), Washington University in St. Louis, toddcombs@wustl.edu;
Todd Combs is an Assistant Professor and the Associate Director of the Brown School’s Center for Public Health Systems Science. He oversees the Center’s research portfolio and focuses on expanding scientific and methodological capacities through identifying research opportunities, mentoring staff, and collaborating with the leadership team. His research interests include health and social policy, dissemination and implementation science, and systems science. Much of his research focuses on policies that affect the built environment to promote behavioral change.
He currently leads or works on several projects, including ASPiRE (Advancing Science & Practice in the Retail Environment), which uses agent-based modeling to test the potential impact of retail tobacco policies, and the evaluation of the Washington University Institute for Clinical & Translational Sciences, which focuses on the benefits of membership and collaboration in the large-scale research initiative. Todd also has years of graduate teaching experience in applied quantitative research methods for social science, social work, and public health.
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