EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
3/04/2021 | 3:15 PM - 3:35 PM | Partnering with Primary Care Providers and Midwives to Provide Newborn Hearing Screening and Re-screening During COVID-19 | Topical Breakout
Partnering with Primary Care Providers and Midwives to Provide Newborn Hearing Screening and Re-screening During COVID-19
In 2010 the Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (VTEHDI) introduced a quality improvement initiative using PLAN, DO, STUDY, ACT Cycles. The purpose of this initiative was to begin collaborating with primary care providers and home-birth midwives to provide hearing screening in their practices. At the time our program used HRSA and state funding to purchase Otoacoustic Emission (OAE) hearing screening equipment and to train and mentor providers. VTEHDI started with 3 primary care providers and two homebirth midwives. Over a two year period of time the program increased to 18 homebirth midwives and 11 primary care provider offices statewide.
In Vermont the COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges for newborn hearing screening, diagnostic audiology and early intervention services. Vermont hospitals closed outpatient hearing screening services during phase 1 of the pandemic. Additionally audiology clinics were closed for all patient services including outpatient re-screening and diagnostic audiology evaluations. The partnership between VTEHDI, primary care providers and homebirth midwives were critical in filling the gap for outpatient re-screening during this unprecedented time.
This presentation will describe how screening and re-screening was addressed by primary care providers and homebirth midwives during the pandemic for the 2020 infants. Additionally Vermont data will be presented for 2019 and 2020 infants and the impact on the EHDI national goals of screening by 1 month of age, diagnosis by 3 months of age and entrance into early intervention by 6 months of age.
- Participants will understand how to create partnership with key external stakeholders
- Participants will describe the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Vermont data for national EHDI goals
- Participants will understand how to implement a similar model in their state
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Presenters/Authors
Linda Hazard
(), Vermont Department of Health, linda.hazard@partner.vermont.gov;
Linda Hazard is the Program Director for the Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind Educational Services Program. She has a masters degree in Audiology and a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Social Policy.
Linda is currently the Past Co-President of DSHPSHWA and serves on two Governor appointed boards in Vermont.
Prior to coming to VTEHDI Linda was the Director of Audiology and the Cochlear Implant Program for the University of Vermont Medical Center. Additionally she worked for Cochlear Americas in clinical research and Advanced Bionics in Education and Training.
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Stacy Jordan
(), VTEHDI, Stacy.Jordan@partner.vermont.gov ;
Stacy Jordan is an audiologist and has been involved in various aspects of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) since 2001. Her experiences range from establishing and managing a hospital-based screening program, clinical work for a state-wide public health program screening children birth-eight years old, data base development, implementation and training, as well as education, training and collaboration with various community partners (Early Head Start, pediatric primary care, home birth midwives, hospitals, audiologist and Early Intervention). Employed by the University of Vermont Medical Center and contracted to the department of health Family and Child Health Division. She has worked on various projects with NCHAM over the years: Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO), Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC), Virtual Site Visit (VSV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Conference planning and host site and others.
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