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AUCD: Poster Session: Improving Health Systems to Drive Change: Participatory Action Research: Improving Follow-Up Rates of Newborn Hearing Screening in Greater Cincinnati Area

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Presenter

Ryan Uy, MD, Clinical Fellow
University of Cincinnati UCE, UCEDD/LEND

Other Presenter(s)

Kimberly Walker, Family Advocate, Cincinnati, OH, United States, OH - University of Cincinnati UCE, UCEDD/LEND;


Description

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS) has dramatically reduced the number of late-identified hearing loss in children however there are still barriers that prevent timely follow-up of all babies. Current national average for loss to follow-up is 32% of those babies referred on their NHS. This study hopes to determine gaps and weaknesses in the NHS system and develop projects on how to address the issues through participatory action research.

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