19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
Factors contributing to Loss to Follow Up from Newborn Hearing Screenings
Every state has a mandated program for screening newborns for hearing loss with high initial screening rates. However, the loss to follow up rates vary greatly. To assess these loss to follow up rates, data were analyzed to determine what factors lead to greater lost to follow up rates and which factors lead to more successful rates. Data reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) EHDI website was used to ascertain loss to follow up rates and possible contributing factors. To determine each state’s individual rate, a detailed analysis was conducted. This included statistical analyses of WIC, Medicaid, CHIP, and Audiologist availability; as well as income, population dynamics, race/ethnicity, and poverty levels as factors influencing loss to follow up rates. Preliminary analyses reveals that states with higher percentages of minority groups, lower audiologist and WIC availability, and more children under the poverty level have greater loss to follow up rates than others. These findings indicate that in-depth investigation on a state-specific level are necessary to determine the variance between successful and unsuccessful state screening programs. Further analyses are planned to address these results. This presentation investigates the overall impact that these factors place on loss to follow up rates on a national level. We expect that this evidence will provide information useful to improve the current state mandated programs throughout the Nation.
- Describe variability in lost to follow up rates
- Identify impact of payor mix on follow up rates
- Detemine additional contributing factors for lost to follow up rates
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Presenter: Austin DeHart
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Heather D. Wright, MS, CRS, coordinates pediatric research for the Pediatric Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Division at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Her areas of expertise include abnormal and neuro/cognitive psychology; social behavioral educational and biomedical research; quantitative, research design, models, and methods; psychometric design; validity and reliability analysis; program evaluation; and advanced inferential and multivariate statistical analysis. In addition, she is a certified research specialist. Mrs. Wright provides IRB and responsible conduct of research oversight and direction to the Division physicians, fellows, medical students, and research volunteer assistants from University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS). Her current work includes managing the research for the Vascular Anomalies Center, the Vascular Anomalies Biorepository, clinical trials, and managing studies/projects throughout the clinics. Her Master’s program specialty was in Evaluation, Research, and Measurement; reflecting her passion for research, statistical analysis, program evaluation, and psychometrics/instrument development.
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Deanne L. King is the Director of Research for the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She has a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the Texas A&M University in College Station. She has an M.D./Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology and pathobiology from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She completed an internship in general surgery and a surgery residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, both at UAMS.
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Patti Martin, Ph.D., is the Director of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Her areas of expertise include infant screening/assessment, family support and program development. Her efforts with infant hearing screening began with a collaboration project to investigate the efficacy of TEOAEs as a newborn screening tool in the early 1990s and continue through her work on the board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division on Childhood Hearing Disorders and as a Consultant for NCHAM. Dr. Martin’s ongoing passion centers around how professionals can help support families in improving the outcomes of children with hearing loss.
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• Receives Salary for Employment from Arkansas Children's Hospital.
• Receives Consulting fee for Consulting from National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management.
• Receives Grants for Other activities from The CARE Project.
• Receives Salary for Teaching and speaking from Unviersity of AR for Medical Sciences.
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