2021 Demographics

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September 2023

Source: 2021 CDC Hearing Screening and Follow-up Survey (HSFS)

^*Each jurisdiction’s submitted data underwent a cleaning and error check process. Jurisdictions reporting ≥20% of total infants receiving service (e.g., hearing screening) in the “Unknown” category, for each demographic variable, were excluded from this analysis.

Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Early Intervention (EI) by Maternal Age

^* Infants Who Received a Diagnostic Evaluation Among Those Who Did Not Pass Hearing Screening
^** Infants Enrolled in EI Among Those Diagnosed with Permanent Hearing Loss

N/A: Not applicable – The number of infants reported is too small to report

Numerator: Number of infants in maternal age-specific category (e.g.,15-19 years) receiving hearing screening/evaluated for diagnosis/enrolled in early intervention.

Denominator: Total number of infants in maternal age-specific category (e.g.,15-19 years).

Screening data included for 46 out of 54 jurisdictions; diagnostic evaluation data included for 39 out of 54 jurisdictions; early intervention data included for 42 out of 54 jurisdictions.

Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Early Intervention (EI) by Sex

^* Infants Who Received a Diagnostic Evaluation Among Those Who Did Not Pass Hearing Screening
** Infants Enrolled in EI Among Those Diagnosed with Permanent Hearing Loss

Numerator: Number of sex-specific (e.g., male) infants receiving hearing screening/evaluated for diagnosis/enrolled in early intervention.

Denominator: Total number of sex-specific (e.g., male) infants.

Screening data included for 51 out of 54 jurisdictions; diagnostic evaluation data included for 45 out of 54 jurisdictions; early intervention data included for 47 out of 54 jurisdictions.

Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Early Intervention (EI) by Maternal Education

^* Infants Who Received a Diagnostic Evaluation Among Those Who Did Not Pass Hearing Screening
** Infants Enrolled in EI Among Those Diagnosed with Permanent Hearing Loss

Numerator: Number of infants in maternal education-specific category (e.g., College Graduate or more) receiving hearing screening/evaluated for diagnosis/enrolled in early intervention.

Denominator: Total number of infants in maternal education-specific category (e.g., College Graduate or more).

Screening data included for 40 out of 54 jurisdictions; diagnostic evaluation data included for 36 out of 54 jurisdictions; early intervention data included for 38 out of 54 jurisdictions.

Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Early Intervention (EI) by Maternal Race

^* Infants Who Received a Diagnostic Evaluation Among Those Who Did Not Pass Hearing Screening
** Infants Enrolled in EI Among Those Diagnosed with Permanent Hearing Loss

“Other” (race category) is defined as a race not included as a response option on the survey (e.g., Middle Eastern).

Numerator: Number of infants in maternal race-specific category (e.g., Asian) receiving hearing screening/evaluated for diagnosis/enrolled in early intervention.

Denominator: Total number of infants in maternal race-specific category (e.g., Asian).

Screening data included for 39 out of 54 jurisdictions; diagnostic evaluation data included for 34 out of 54 jurisdictions; early intervention data included for 36 out of 54 jurisdictions.

Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Early Intervention (EI) by Maternal Ethnicity

^* Infants Who Received a Diagnostic Evaluation Among Those Who Did Not Pass Hearing Screening
** Infants Enrolled in EI Among Those Diagnosed with Hearing Loss

Numerator: Number of infants in maternal ethnicity-specific category (e.g., Hispanic) receiving hearing screening/evaluated for diagnosis/enrolled in early intervention.

Denominator: Total number of infants in maternal ethnicity-specific category (e.g., Hispanic).

Screening data included for 41 out of 54 jurisdictions; diagnostic evaluation data included for 39 out of 54 jurisdictions; early intervention data included for 40 out of 54 jurisdictions.

Formulas Used

Percentage of infants screened for each category is calculated among the total occurrent births (i.e., % Males Screened = [( # Total Pass Screening: Male + Total Not Pass Screening: Male) / # Total Occurrent Births: Male ] x 100 ).

Percentage of infants receiving diagnostic evaluation for each category is calculated among the total number of infants not passing hearing screening (i.e., % Males Receiving Diagnostic Evaluation After Not Passing Hearing Screening = [( # Total with No Hearing Loss: Male + Total with Permanent Hearing Loss: Male) / # Total Not Pass Screening: Male ] x 100 ).

Percentage of infants enrolled in Part C Early Intervention services for each category is calculated among the total number of infants with permanent hearing loss (i.e., % Males Enrolled in Part C Early Intervention After Diagnosed with Permanent Hearing Loss = [( # Total Enrolled in Part C Early Intervention: Male) / # Total with Permanent Hearing Loss: Male ] x 100 ).

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