"A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacousticemission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: Introduction andoverview of the study" by J. L. Johnson

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A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacousticemission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: Introduction andoverview of the study

American Journal of Audiology

J. L. Johnson
Karl R. White, Utah State University
J. E. Widen
J. S. Gravel
B. R. Vohr
M. James
T. Kennalley
A. B. Maxon
L. Spivak
M. Sullivhan Mahoney
Y. Weirather
S. Meyer

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Article

Publisher

by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Disciplines

Educational Psychology

Abstract

Purpose: This article is the 1st in a series of 4 articles on a recently completed multistate study of newborn hearing screening.

Method: The study examined the efficacy of the 2-stage otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response (OAE/A-ABR) protocol for identifying hearing loss in newborns.

Results: The study found that the 2-stage OAE/A-ABR protocol did miss a significant number of babies who exhibited a permanent hearing loss by 1 year of age. Three subsequent articles will describe the research design and results in detail, discuss the behavioral assessment of infants, and summarize the implications of the study for policy, practice, and research.

Citation Information

Johnson JL, White KR, Widen JE, Gravel JS, Vohr BR, James M, Kennalley T, Maxon AB, Spivak L, Sullivhan- Mahoney M, Weirather Y, & Meyer S (2005). A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: Introduction and overview of the study. American Journal of Audiology, 14(2), S178-S185.