Early Hearing Detection and Intervention A roadmap to success

  1. Introduction
  2. Best practice guidelines
  3. Tools for improvement
  4. Improvement in action

Pediatric Audiology: before 3 months

Best Practice Guidelines

Evaluate both ears

Complete definitive diagnosis BEFORE 3 MONTHS of age

Complete Parent Roadmap for families with a child identified with hearing loss

Complete the Patient Checklist for Primary Care Providers with families who need further screening for hearing loss

Streamline authorizations to eliminate delay to specialty providers such as Ophthalmology, ENT, and genetics 

Offer and provide referral to Minnesota Hands & Voices

Refer to Early Intervention through Help Me Grow

Obtain a consent for release of information at first contact

Report data to the Minnesota Department of Health via report forms: 1) Outpatient Screening Results, 2) Diagnostic Audiology Results, 3) Amplification Report

Report, Refer, Connect Poster for Audiologists (print and post on your wall for easy reference)

Resources: Best Practices Guidelines

 

Roadmap for success

Create and maintain a care map outlining expected care through the first year of life.

Find Minnesota providers

Timely referrals to appropriate providers are critical for reducing loss to follow-up.

Resources for families

How early - and by what means - can you tell if a child is deaf or hard of hearing?