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Name: Todd Houston
Affiliation:
Dr. K. Todd Houston is an Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University where he continues to develop auditory-based intervention and educational opportunities for children with hearing loss who are acquiring spoken language. He also serves as Director of the Graduate Studies Program in Auditory Learning and Spoken Language, an innovative personnel preparation program for graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, and Deaf Education. Prior to joining the faculty at Utah State University, Dr. Houston was the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell), located in Washington, DC.
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| Author Information: |
| Author 1: |
Name: Todd Houston
Affiliation: Utah State University
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| Author 2: |
Name: Steven Tueller
Affiliation: Noitre Dame University
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| Author 3: |
Name: Karl White
Affiliation: Utah State University
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| Abstract Information: |
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Does Newborn Hearing Screening Contribute to Parent Anxiety? |
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6-Family Issues
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| Keyword(s): |
parent anxiety screening newborns |
Abstract: |
Some experts have suggested that newborn hearing screening results might create unduly high levels of worry, anxiety, and stress among parents. This study examined whether the proportion of worried parents reduced over time, and compared levels of worry about infant hearing to worry about other aspects of infant development between groups of parents whose infants had a false positive hearing screen and comparison groups. Mothers of infants who failed an initial hearing screen and a comparison group of mothers whose infants passed the initial hearing screen were asked to complete questionnaires about concerns related to infant health within a week of hospital discharge and a follow-up questionnaire six weeks after birth.
Mothers in the fail/pass group worried more about infant hearing at Time 1 than other aspects of infant health, but hearing fell to an average level of worry at follow-up. The fail/pass and initial pass groups were not statistically significantly different (at either time) on levels of worry about their infant’s hearing, worry about overall infant health, or maternal anxiety. Fewer mothers were worried about hearing than were worried about other conditions such as sleeping and eating habits. Results of this more in-depth study confirms the conclusions of most previous research on this issue that newborn hearing screening does not lead to undue worry among mothers of newborns. |
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