2021 Summary of Detailed Hearing Screening Results

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Data Source: 2021 CDC EHDI Hearing Screening & Follow-up Survey (HSFS)

2020 Summary of Detailed Hearing Screening Results
State / Territory*
(n = 42)
Total Passed (most recent / final screen) Passed initial / No outpatient No initial / Passed outpatient§ Passed initial / Passed outpatient Referred initial / Passed outpatient** Total Not Passed (most recent / final screen) Referred initial / No outpatient†† No initial / Referred outpatient§§ Passed initial / Referred outpatient¶¶ Referred initial / Referred outpatient*** Referred initial / straight to diagnostic evaluation†††
Alaska 8,673 8,469 50 2 152 160 11 4 0 41 104
Arizona 75,687 72,300 577 128 2,682 1,265 686 20 5 308 246
California 409,649 409,622 27 0 0 2,503 138 0 0 2,073 292
Colorado 60,198 53,116 4,513 224 2,345 962 221 125 5 601 10
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 559 469 0 0 90 10 5 0 0 5 0
Delaware 10,540 10,084 59 3 394 240 107 6 0 20 107
District of Columbia 11,735 11,331 42 3 359 229 83 0 0 29 117
Georgia 117,172 110,386 2,969 220 3,597 2,687 1,836 118 4 373 356
Guam 2,218 2,086 0 3 129 57 42 0 0 15 0
Hawaii 14,933 13,974 285 80 594 245 35 6 0 80 124
Idaho 20,085 19,420 391 41 233 862 31 37 3 38 753
Illinois 125,304 121,751 487 354 2,712 1,955 407 13 10 352 1,173
Iowa 35,767 34,049 167 0 1,551 418 85 7 0 161 165
Kentucky 47,208 45,416 324 167 1,301 1,264 1,146 20 2 96 0
Louisiana 55,818 54,472 0 0 1,346 707 582 0 0 91 34
Maryland 63,182 61,593 567 0 1,022 892 219 14 0 113 546
Massachusetts 67,871 67,631 240 0 0 1,556 1,545 11 0 0 0
Micronesia 1,434 1,239 39 2 154 13 0 7 0 6 0
Minnesota 61,391 57,631 217 0 3,543 1,336 383 7 0 418 528
Missouri 66,794 64,908 45 0 1,841 1,060 384 0 19 170 487
Montana 10,435 9,903 80 30 422 251 167 0 3 46 35
Nebraska 24,275 23,176 53 0 1,046 354 237 3 0 67 47
Nevada 31,116 30,059 132 298 627 509 253 141 6 103 6
New Hampshireα 10,319 10,319 0 0 0 403 385 0 0 0 18
New Jersey 96,513 94,739 280 417 1,077 759 611 17 1 130 0
New Mexico 18,100 17,488 182 0 430 404 273 14 0 91 26
New York 201,557 196,763 1,086 546 3,162 3,176 2,694 42 35 405 0
North Carolina 120,404 116,038 0 0 4,366 1,274 525 0 0 512 237
North Dakota 11,224 10,082 73 0 1,069 293 151 4 0 90 48
Ohio 121,170 121,000 101 23 46 5,597 5,589 4 0 4 0
Oklahoma 45,298 42,420 381 840 1,657 792 449 9 150 184 0
Palau 220 209 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 128,082 121,417 2,970 202 3,493 1,573 628 34 4 359 548
Rhode Island 10,512 9,179 512 16 805 282 98 19 0 121 44
South Carolina 50,865 48,690 101 286 1,788 925 648 11 22 121 123
South Dakota 10,966 10,682 48 0 236 341 258 1 1 17 64
Texas 356,257 346,771 1,347 28 8,111 5,640 2,475 45 5 1,010 2,105
Utah 46,924 44,885 58 24 1,957 448 63 4 2 253 126
Vermont 5,001 4,503 94 0 404 44 5 0 0 0 39
Virginia 92,298 89,326 612 462 1,898 1,596 399 42 65 294 796
Washington 80,774 75,682 1,850 0 3,242 1,036 614 93 2 313 14
Wyoming 5,525 5,357 0 1 167 25 1 0 0 17 7
Total 2,734,053 2,648,635 20,959 4,400 60,059 44,143 24,469 878 344 9,127 9,325

* Data were reported by jurisdictions, only if applicable. Jurisdictions that conduct and report two-stage screening results (inpatient & outpatient screen) completed these fields.

αThe program is experiencing data migration challenges, therefore data may not be accurate.

Passed initial/No outpatient refers to infants who passed the initial screening and, did not receive an outpatient screening, missed an outpatient screening or refused an outpatient screening.

§ No initial / Passed outpatient refers to infants who did not receive an initial screening, missed an initial screening, or refused an initial screening, and passed the outpatient screening.

Passed initial / Passed outpatient refers to infants who passed the initial screening and passed the outpatient screening.

** Referred initial / Passed outpatient refers to infants who did not pass the initial screening and passed the outpatient screening.

†† Referred initial / No outpatient refers to infants who did not pass the initial screening and did not receive an outpatient screening, missed an outpatient screening, or refused an
outpatient screening.

§§ No initial / Referred outpatient refers to infants who did not receive an initial screening, missed an initial screening, or refused an initial screening, and did not pass the outpatient screening.

¶¶ Passed initial / Referred outpatient refers to infants who passed the initial screening and did not pass the outpatient screening.

*** Referred initial / Referred outpatient refers to infants who did not pass the initial screening and did not pass the outpatient screening.

††† Referred initial / straight to diagnostic evaluation refers to infants who did not pass the initial screening and were referred directly for diagnostic evaluation.

An example of an outpatient screening is a hearing screening that is performed after an infant is discharged from a birthing facility (e.g., the infant is no longer a patient in the facility where they were born).

Summary of Detailed Hearing Screening Results

(CDC EHDI HSFS 2021, n=2,803,617*)

* Data were reported by 42 jurisdictions, only if applicable. Jurisdictions that conducted and report two-stage screening results (inpatient & outpatient screen) completed these fields.

Total Not Passed (most recent/final screen)
(n = 44,143)
Total Passed (most recent/final screen)
(n = 2,734,053)
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