15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
2/22/2011 | 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM | Topical Session 5 | Redwood (M1) | 1 - EHDI Program Enhancement
Thinking Outside the Hospital:Tips for Midwife Centers and Home Births
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.
- 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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Presenters/Authors
Mary Jane Sullivan
(), NH EHDI, mjs28@unh.edu;
Mary Jane Sullivan Au.D. CCC-A, has been involved in various aspects of clinical audiology for 25+ yrs. Much of her experience has had a pediatric focus specifically in the area of early identification of hearing loss. Presently, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of New Hampshire. She has teaching as well as clinical responsibilities at UNH. 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 statewide diagnostic centers.
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MaryJane Sullivan
(POC,Primary Presenter), NHEHDI, mjs28@unh.edu;
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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