Addressing Barriers to Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Through Innovation

JACKSON, SHAWNA
CALVERT, ANDREW
GOHMERT, ANDREA
SHOUP, ANGELA

Shawna Jackson, AuD, is a coordinator of clinical/dispensing services, audiologist, and faculty associate for the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Andrew Calvert, BA, is an audiology assistant and chief hearing aid technician for the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Andrea Gohmert, AuD, ABA Certified, is a director of audiology clinical operations at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Angela Shoup, PhD, is an executive director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders and professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Audiology Today 35(4):p 24-31, July-August 2023.

THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on early identification of hearing loss, almost 98 percent of newborns in the United States are screened for hearing loss at birth. However, many infants who do not pass their newborn hearing screening do not complete the recommended early hearing detection and intervention process. To reduce barriers to diagnosis and intervention will require innovations in the care pathway. The Callier Center for Communication Disorders implemented in-house 3D earmold manufacturing as an innovative approach to reduce the delay in provision of amplification services for infants diagnosed with hearing loss.