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'Thinking Outside the Hospital:Tips for Midwife Centers and Home Births' |
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1-EHDI Program Enhancement
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midwives, home births, screening |
| Learning Objectives: |
1.Acquire strategies for motivating midwives to do newborn hearing screening
2.Identify challenges in establishing universal newborn hearing screening in non-hospital settings
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Abstract: |
Presently New Hampshire newborn hearing screening rate is 97%.The majority of the infants who are not screened are either home or center births delivered by midwives. In hopes of capturing the infants lost to screening,the NHEDHI program has initiated steps to provide newborn hearing screening in the non-hospital settings.
The focus of the presentation will be to highlight what we have learned in this process. Specifically, how these settings are unique, how to motivate the midwives to provide this service and what we have seen for outcomes. |
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Handout is not Available
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PRESENTER(S):
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MaryJane Sullivan - NHEHDI
Credentials: Au.D.
Other Affiliations: University of New Hampshire
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Mary Jane Sullivan Au.D. CCC-A, has extensive experience in the area of audiology. Pediatric audiology is an area of specialty but Dr. Sullivan has been involved in many aspects of the field throughout her career including diagnostics, educational consulting, industrial audiology, aural rehabilitation, teaching and infant screening. Presently, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Sullivan is also the consulting audiologist for the NH Bureau of Maternal and Child Health EHDI program. In this capacity, she has been involved in establishing universal newborn hearing screening in NH birthing hospitals, developing follow-up protocols for infants who refer on the newborn hearing screening and working with the state advisory group.
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