2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| Autism Screening in Pediatric Audiology Clinic: A descriptive study
Autism Screening in Pediatric Audiology Clinic: A descriptive study
Audiologists rarely screen for ASD, despite often seeing children years prior to their ASD diagnoses (Peterman et al., 2018) and despite professional guidelines indicating screening for ASD is within audiologists’ scope of practice (ASHA, 2018). Furthermore, children with diverse backgrounds and co-occurring disabilities are diagnosed later with ASD (Meinzen-Derr et al., 2014; Boyle et al, 2011; Zablotsky et al, 2017) . As experts on the impact of reduced hearing on speech/language development and behavior, audiologists are uniquely positioned to screen for ASD to facilitate early diagnosis and intervention. Research has suggested that children who demonstrate specific behaviors observed during audiology visits, especially those that often interfere with traditional test procedures, have a much higher odds ratio of receiving an ASD diagnosis compared to those who do not demonstrate similar behaviors (Meagher et al., 2021). The overall goal of the HEARS study is to determine whether an ASD screener, completed by audiologists based on behaviors observed in audiology clinics, can be effectively administered by audiologists to accelerate the timeline of referral to developmental evaluation and diagnosis. This descriptive study examines preliminary data to explore how a novel ASD screener, the HEARS, performs with respect to traditional ASD screeners, particularly for children from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds. descriptive study. Demographic characteristics of children screened using the HEARS during audiology visits during the time period of December 2022 through January 2023 will be described. The results of the HEARS will be compared to traditional ASD screeners and then further analyzed based on demographics including racial/ethnic background to determine any potential indicators of disparities based on these factors.
- Describe practice guidelines indicating the role of audiologists in screening for ASD.
- Describe the racial/ethnic backgrounds of a sample of children administered a novel ASD screener during audiology visits.
- Summarize how an ASD screener, based on behaviors observed in audiology clinics, compares to traditional ASD screeners, particularly for children of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds
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Presenters/Authors
Deborah Mood
(Author), Colorado Children's Hospital, DEBORAH.MOOD@childrenscolorado.org;
Deborah Mood, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist with Developmental Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She has a Ph.D. in school psychology from University of Northern Colorado and a specialist degree in school psychology from Gallaudet University. Dr. Mood completed a LEND psychology postdoctoral fellowship at JFK Partners, University of Colorado School of Medicine, after completing an APA accredited psychology internship at the University of Minnesota. She specializes in working with children who are deaf and hard of hearing as well as children with a variety of developmental disabilities including autism spectrum disorder.
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• Receives Grants for Independent contractor from MCH.
• Receives Grants for Independent contractor from NIH/NIDCD.
• Receives Honoraria excluding diversified mutual funds,Speaker for Other activities from Phonak.
• Receives Salary for Employment from University of Colorado Anschutz.
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Olivia Ruggiano
(Primary Presenter), olru6682@colorado.edu;
I'm a 3rd year AuD student at the University of Colorado. My passions within audiology are working with the pediatric population. I'm excited to share this project I have been working on for my LEND project with help from Deborah Mood, Ph.D., University of Colorado- Anschutz; Angela Yarnell Bonino, Ph.D., Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Christina Meyers, PhD., Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado- Boulder, and hope that it brings some insight to others about the importance of autism screeners in audiology clinics.
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Angela Bonino
(Author), University of Colorado Boulder, Dept. of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, angela.bonino@colorado.edu;
Dr. Angela Yarnell Bonino is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Bonino's research is in the area of human auditory development. Dr. Bonino is also affiliated with the Colorado Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program. She completed her clinical training in audiology at Vanderbilt University, and her Ph.D. and postdoctoral training in auditory development at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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