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RESOURCES FOR INFANTS WITH NEWLY IDENTIFIED HEARING LOSS

Award Number: R25DC006460
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2004
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2006

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RESOURCES FOR INFANTS WITH NEWLY IDENTIFIED HEARING LOSS - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to provide information that will promote the linkage of identification of hearing loss in young infants with timely and appropriate interventions. Forty-two states are currently involved in universal newborn screening efforts, yet less than half of early-identified infants are reported to receive intervention by 6 months of age. Current system barriers include lack of information among health care providers, lack of experience with infants among audiologists and early interventionists, and lack of information available to parents. This creates a critical need to communicate with medical professionals, audiologists, early interventionists and parents about follow up to newborn hearing screening in order to optimize the benefits of early detection. This project represents an expansion of our previous successful efforts (R25 DC04599) related to newborn hearing screening, diagnosis and intervention. The first aim of this project is to increase the knowledge and change attitudes of nurses engaged in pediatric settings regarding newborn screening, diagnosis and parent support. Following identification of needs through focus group and survey work, health communication programs will be developed and tailored to specific nursing practice settings (e.g., newborn nursery vs. family practice office vs. obstetrics and gynecology). A multifaceted program of health communication will be developed to include multimedia web based resources, online CME courses, in service curricula, parent education resources and other materials identified through needs assessments. Selected materials will be evaluated empirically. The results should influence a professional group with key contacts in the medical community with parents. The second aim is to increase the technical skills of audiologists related to infant hearing aid fittings and early interventionists related to family centered practice principles. Multimedia resources will be created in website and DVD formats. The results should promote appropriate fitting of amplification in young infants and improve strategies for involving families in the intervention process. The final aim is to expand efforts to inform parents and professional audiences about recent research and state of the art practices related to infant hearing loss. This effort includes recreation of www.babyhearing.org in Spanish and further expansion of the content in response to needs identification of families. Information also will be re-purposed and expanded to meet the needs of the target professional audiences. The results of this effort should promote parent self-advocacy and independence in decision making.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $287,911 )
2006	2006	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	14100 CRAWFORD STREET	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	12/29/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$287,911
														Subtotal = $287,911

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $294,840 )
2005	2005	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	14100 CRAWFORD STREET	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	2	12/6/2004	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$294,840
														Subtotal = $294,840

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $293,639 )
2004	2004	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	14100 CRAWFORD STREET	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	1	1/1/2004	NEW	$293,639
														Subtotal = $293,639

Grand Total All Awards = $876,390

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RESOURCES FOR INFANTS WITH NEWLY IDENTIFIED HEARING LOSS

Award Number: R25DC006460

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2004

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2006

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