Assessing Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Receipt and Timeliness of Newborn Hearing Screening and Diagnostic Services Among Infants Born in Four States

Authors

SUHANA EMA, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GAFollow
Sana Charania, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Xidong Deng, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Charles Rose, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Craig A. Mason, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Marcus Gaffney, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Brandt Culpepper, Georgia Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, Atlanta, GA
Michael Lo, Louisiana Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, New Orleans, LA
Tri Tran, Minnesota Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, St. Paul, MN
Marcia Fort, North Carolina Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, Raleigh, NC

Abstract

The study compares receipt and timeliness of newborn hearing screening and follow-up diagnostic services between the pre-pandemic birth cohort and the pandemic birth cohort in four participating states. Findings from this study will help inform state Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs in the future should major public health event occur again.

Recommended Citation

EMA, S. Charania, S. Deng, X. Rose, C. Mason, C. A. Gaffney, M. Culpepper, B. Lo, M. Tran, T. & Fort, M. (2022). Assessing Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Receipt and Timeliness of Newborn Hearing Screening and Diagnostic Services Among Infants Born in Four States. Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, 7(3), 6-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26077/05f5-2ffc

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