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A Case Study of an Emerging Community-Based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program: Part II. Team Building With Otolaryngologists and Pediatricians Using a Survey Approach

University of California Santa Barbara

Carole E. Johnson

Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Dan Finnegan, Katherine Hansen, Marilene Lamb, Ilian Priscilla Lopez, Caitlin Meuel, Angela Pecile, Shelby Resnick and Victoria Williams

University of California Santa Barbara

Contact author: Jeffrey L. Danhauer, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Email: danhauer{at}speech.ucsb.edu

PURPOSE: Physicians are vital team members of early hearing detection and intervention programs (EHDIPs), particularly in encouraging parents to comply with recommendations for follow-up services for their infants in universal newborn hearing screening programs (UNHSPs). This study describes a survey approach to help audiologists partner with otolaryngologists and pediatricians in EHDIPs.

METHOD: We developed and mailed a 19-item questionnaire to all 12 otolaryngologists and 66 pediatricians potentially involved in a community-based EHDIP. The questionnaire assessed respondents' demographic data and knowledge of, experiences with, and attitudes toward the service-delivery continuum of UNHSPs.

RESULTS: The overall response rate was 45%; all 12 otolaryngologists responded (100%; data from 7 were analyzed), and 23 pediatricians responded (34.8%; all were analyzed). Generally, they were positive toward and knowledgeable about UNHSPs and believed that (a) parent/infant bonding is unaffected by screening, (b) hearing reevaluations following medical services are important, (c) audiologists perform their role adequately, (d) it is important that hearing losses be identified and interventions begun before infants reach 6 months of age, (e) UNHSPs deserve funding, and (f) their role is important, but the physicians also wanted improvements in parent education and referral/follow-ups.

CONCLUSION: The survey method was effective in identifying participating physicians' informational needs and attitudes toward UNHSPs, and in designing outreach programs for them.

Key Words: early hearing detection and intervention, newborn hearing screening, physicians' survey, questionnaire, outcome measure

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