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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of newborns who get screened for hearing loss by age 1 month — HOSCD‑01

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
95.0 percent (2021)

Target:
97.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
95.0 percent of newborns aged 1 month and under were screened for hearing loss in 2017

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Increase the proportion of newborns who are screened for hearing loss by no later than 1 month of age

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Hearing Screening and Follow-up Survey (EHDI/HSFS), CDC/NCBDDD

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Summary

Children with hearing loss may have delays in the development of speech, social, and emotional skills. When hearing loss is found early, families can get services that promote their child’s healthy development and behaviors. Community, state, and federal systems that require newborn hearing screening can help find hearing loss early.

Topics:  Sensory or Communication Disorders, Health Care, Health Care Access and Quality, Infants, Preventive Care

Workgroup: Hearing and Other Sensory or Communication Disorders Workgroup

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