Our team of newborn hearing screeners consider it a privilege to screen babies in hospitals, at follow-up appointments, and in our clinics. Our screeners take great pride in gently screening newborns, providing the results, and helping caregivers understand next steps as necessary. Hearts for Hearing is a recognized hearing care center of excellence in Oklahoma. Our pediatric audiology, speech-therapy, and listening and spoken language services are a model for hearing providers around the country.
Hearts for Hearing provides highly trained staff to perform the screen at bedside, educate parents about the newborn hearing screen, schedule follow-up testing, and to stay in contact with no-show appointments. The foundation and patient care team work to remove obstacles to ensure babies with identified hearing loss connect with the follow-up care needed.
Hearts for Hearing’s newborn hearing screen program benefits hospitals by:
Hearts for Hearing’s Newborn Hearing Screen services screen approximately 2200 babies per month at numerous hospitals with a Loss To Follow up (LTFU) result of ZERO. Unfortunately, the State of Oklahoma ‘s LTFU for 2022 – the most recent year reported to the CDC – is 88%. Which means of the babies that fail the newborn screen, 88% of them are reported as not having received follow-up testing. Due to Hearts for Hearing dedication and commitment to follow-up efforts, we are so proud of that ZERO% LTFU in our own programs. Also, thanks to our program, over 100 babies have been successfully identified with hearing loss and have begun receiving the early intervention services they need.
