Florida Newborn Screening Program - Hearing Announcements

Meet Me Calls 

TOPIC: Reimbursement for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention.

WHEN: April 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm or April 11, 2013 at 10:30 am Eastern Time. These will be repeat sessions, so you only need to attend one.

PRESENTER: Dr. Robert Fifer, Director of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at the Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Fifer will present on the reasons for changes in reimbursement at federal and state levels, how changes in reimbursement models are affecting audiology today, and the impact of anticipated changes over the next five years.

WHERE: Via Adobe Connect.

IF YOU HAVE NEVER ATTENDED AN ADOBE CONNECT MEETING BEFORE:

Test your connection prior to the call at: Adobe Connect Test Page
Get a quick overview at: Adobe Connect Overview

TARGET AUDIENCE: Hearing screeners, audiologists, and early intervention professionals.

CALL IN NUMBER FOR AUDIO: Audio is not available for these calls via Adobe Connect. For audio, call 888-670-3525 Access Code: 2883350850#

REGISTRATION: Not necessary.

CEU CREDIT: CEU credit for nurses, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists was approved. In order to earn the credit, participants must use the official sign-in sheet and evaluation forms. Credit will be awarded only to those who provide their license number on the sign-in sheet. After the call, send the completed original sign-in sheet and the completed original evaluation forms to Pam Tempson at:

Florida's Newborn Screening Program
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-06
Tallahassee, Florida 32311-7840

PREVIOUS MEET ME CALLS PRESENTATION MATERIAL:

Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Children
Changing Trends in EHDI Reimbursement
Role of Midwives
Perfecting Your Screening Technique Presentation 
Sharing Hearing Screening Results with Parents: Do's and Don'ts Presentation
Documenting and Reporting Hearing Screenings/Evaluations
Genetics and Hearing Loss
Cochlear Implants in Children
Being #1 with Newborn Hearing Screening Data Powerpoint
Ensuring Appropriate Hearing Screening Follow Up PowerPoint
Healthy Start in Florida
Early Intervention Services for Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Florida Summit on Childhood Deafness

The Florida Summit on Childhood Deafness was last held November 9-10, 2012 at Westin Lake Mary in Lake Mary, FL. This conference combines the resources of Florida groups related to deafness and offers one joint conference with a focus on children who are deaf or hard of hearing ages 0-22 and their families.The mission of the Florida Summit on Childhood Deafness is to bring together those working in the field of childhood deafness ages birth through twenty two (22) in order to provide an inclusive forum for exchange of information, closer collaborations, and opportunities for building shared support systems for Florida's children and families. Visit Florida Summit on Childhood Deafness for more information. Information about the next summit will be posted as it becomes available.

The ECHO (Early Childhood Hearing Outreach) Initiative

Florida is proud to be an ECHO Initiative participant. The goal of the ECHO Initiative is to provide early childhood educators and health providers with up-to-date information on recommended Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) hearing screening practices so that children 0 – 3 years of age with hearing health needs receive appropriate services.

The ECHO Initiative has provided training, an OAE device, and technical assistance to establish model OAE screening practices with Pasco County Early Head Start, Florida State University Gadsden County Early Head Start, and Florida's Migrant Head Start program. These programs receive support in implementing exemplary OAE screening and follow-up practices and serve as examples, leaders and consultants to other Head Start and early childhood programs in their state.

Watch the Introduction to Periodic OAE Screening video for the basics.

Check out the How Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) Hearing Screening Works video to find out about OAE testing.

See the Overview of the OAE Screening & Follow-up Protocol video to learn how the ECHO screening process works.

View these Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

Go to Kidshearing for more available resources.