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| Presenter 1: |
Name: Sandra Mintz
Affiliation:
Sandra Mintz, MS, Director of Audiology Services. She serves as trainer, evaluator and project director for Baby Sound Check. She supervises John Tracy Clinic’s pediatric audiological testing, educational audiology, and community hearing screening programs. Ms. Mintz received her MS in Audiology from the University of Arizona and her BS in Speech and Hearing Science from Indiana University. Ms. Mintz has expertise in diagnostic and rehabilitative pediatric audiology in both the clinical and academic arenas having served as an audiology faculty member at Arizona State University for 18 years and has special interests in cochlear implants, assistive listening technology, and parent/teacher education. She has presented over 50 educational and training seminars to diverse professional and consumer groups.
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| Presenter 2: |
Name: Parul Bhatia
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| Author Information: |
| Author 1: |
Name: Sandra Mintz
Affiliation: John Tracy Clinic (Director of Audiology)
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| Author 2: |
Name: Parul Bhatia
Affiliation: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
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| Author 3: |
Name: Barbara Hecht
Affiliation: John Tracy Clinic (President)
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| Abstract Information: |
| Title: |
Update: The Baby Sound Program - A Model Program for Infant Hearing Screening in the Medical Home |
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4-Medical Home
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| Keyword(s): |
well-baby screening community clinic medical home |
Abstract: |
Early and periodic hearing screening (EPHS) in the Medical Home is the new frontier in early detection and follow-up for young children with hearing loss. As an adjunct to hospital-based newborn screening programs, EPHS in the Medical Home has the potential to greatly reduce loss to follow-up and to systematically identify children with later onset and progressive losses. In addition, the Medical Home can provide continuity and coordination of care for children with identified hearing loss and regular monitoring of hearing health as a component of well-child pediatric care.
Baby Sound Check(TM) is a model EPHS program developed in collaboration with community health clinics that serve low-income and at-risk children in the greater Los Angeles area. Baby Sound Check is designed to build EPHS capacity in low-income community Medical Homes by providing equipment, training, screening and follow-up protocols so that pediatric teams can incorporate hearing screening into routine well-baby visits. In this way, children who have been lost to newborn screening and/or follow-up can be identified, as well as those with post-natal onset and progressive losses. The screening protocol consists of otoacoustic emissions, tympanometry and acoustic reflexes administered by Medical Assistants and interpreted by physicians.
This presentation will report on the first year of implementation, including referral frequency and outcomes, protocol revisions, implementation challenges and successes, and impressions from involved medical personnel at the targeted health clinics. |
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