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

J Early Hear Detect Interv. 2022;7(3):6-15. doi: 10.26077/05f5-2ffc.

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 a major public health event occur again.

Keywords: EHDI; audiology; diagnostic evaluation; hearing loss; newborn hearing screening; pandemic.