Location
LSU Health Science Center - New Orleans
Event Website
https://alliedhealth.lsuhsc.edu/admin/sahpresearchday.aspx
Document Type
Event
Start Date
8-4-2024 3:00 PM
End Date
8-4-2024 5:00 PM
Description
Introduction: Hearing loss is the most common sensory impairment identified at birth. The identification of
congenital or progressive hearing loss and referral for early intervention services are vital to ensure
healthy communication development. Early Hearing Detection and Identification (EHDI) aims to identify
children with hearing loss by 3 months of age, however children living in rural areas are often not
diagnosed until 20 months of age due to barriers such as inadequate funding, shortages of healthcare
workers, and limited educational and transportation resources.
Purpose:The purpose of this case study was to assess rural Louisiana (LA) pediatric primary care
provider (PPCP) knowledge of risk factors for hearing loss, knoweldge of hearing-related developmental
milestones, and knowledge of hearing screening tools to determine the need for asynchronous telehealth
training and support by audiologists (AuDs).
Methods: A 15-item Likert-style questionnaire was utilized to assess provider (N=5) knowledge of
hearing developmental milestones and hearing screening tools. Questions also targeted provider
attitudes regarding administration of hearing screeners and provider interpretation skills.
Results: Results indicated overall limited knowledge of hearing related risk factors, hearing
developmental milestones, and hearing screening tools. Respondents reported positive attitudes toward
the need for hearing screening tool training and telehealth support by AuDs.
Discussion:Training pediatric PPCPs on hearing developmental milestones and screening tools is
recommended as a possible solution to reduce rural hearing health disparities. Asynchronous telehealth
support by AuDs is proposed to assist PPCPs in interpreting hearing screenings results, making timely
referrrals for diagnosis and treatment, and reducing the need for unnecessary follow-up appointments to
urban specialists.
Recommended Citation
Stansberry, Taylor E.; Imhoff, Sydney; Guidry, Megan R.; and Lopez, Leslie C., "Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Use and Interpretation of Hearing Screeners at a Rural Pediatric Primary Care Clinic" (2024). School of Allied Health Professions Research Day. 36.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/ahrd/2024/2024/36
Included in
Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Use and Interpretation of Hearing Screeners at a Rural Pediatric Primary Care Clinic
LSU Health Science Center - New Orleans
Introduction: Hearing loss is the most common sensory impairment identified at birth. The identification of
congenital or progressive hearing loss and referral for early intervention services are vital to ensure
healthy communication development. Early Hearing Detection and Identification (EHDI) aims to identify
children with hearing loss by 3 months of age, however children living in rural areas are often not
diagnosed until 20 months of age due to barriers such as inadequate funding, shortages of healthcare
workers, and limited educational and transportation resources.
Purpose:The purpose of this case study was to assess rural Louisiana (LA) pediatric primary care
provider (PPCP) knowledge of risk factors for hearing loss, knoweldge of hearing-related developmental
milestones, and knowledge of hearing screening tools to determine the need for asynchronous telehealth
training and support by audiologists (AuDs).
Methods: A 15-item Likert-style questionnaire was utilized to assess provider (N=5) knowledge of
hearing developmental milestones and hearing screening tools. Questions also targeted provider
attitudes regarding administration of hearing screeners and provider interpretation skills.
Results: Results indicated overall limited knowledge of hearing related risk factors, hearing
developmental milestones, and hearing screening tools. Respondents reported positive attitudes toward
the need for hearing screening tool training and telehealth support by AuDs.
Discussion:Training pediatric PPCPs on hearing developmental milestones and screening tools is
recommended as a possible solution to reduce rural hearing health disparities. Asynchronous telehealth
support by AuDs is proposed to assist PPCPs in interpreting hearing screenings results, making timely
referrrals for diagnosis and treatment, and reducing the need for unnecessary follow-up appointments to
urban specialists.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/ahrd/2024/2024/36