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Supporting Statement B

for

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention-

Pediatric Audiology Links to Services

(EHDI-PALS) Survey

Winnie Chung

Project Officer

Health Scientist

Division of Human Development and Disability

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

P. (404) 498-6744

E. [email protected]

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B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods

B.1. Respondent Universe and Sampling Methods

Both the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and American Academy of Audiology (AAA) are members of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention- Pediatric Audiology Links to Services (EHDI-PALS) workgroup and have plans to disseminate a request through the association e-newsletter to all pediatric audiologists to complete the EHDI-PALS survey. Pediatric audiologists who provide audiologic services to children age 5 and younger are our target respondents. It is estimated that potentially 2000 audiologists will read through the purpose statement located on page one of the survey to decide whether or not to complete the survey. It is estimated that 1500 audiologists will complete the survey. The survey will be available via a secure password protected website which will be maintained by University of Maine Centre for Research and Evaluation. The respondent universe is estimated based on ASHA 2010 audiology membership survey¹. The published survey (ASHA.org) revealed our sampling universe as follows:

Potential Sampling Universe
Work Setting of Audiologists	Estimated Number of Audiologists
School	885
Colleges and Universities	770
Hospitals	2499
Non-Residential Health Care	4884

B.2. Procedures for the Collection of Information

This data collection is intended to target only pediatric audiologists who provide services to children age 5 and younger. Utilizing the EHDI-PALS survey, the information will be collected by EHDI coordinators, AAA, and ASHA via an internet portal available on a secure website (EHDI-PALS.org). After the EHDI-PALS survey has been programmed into the secure website, CDC-EHDI project officer will notify all EHDI coordinators by e-mail. The notification message will contain the following:

• EHDI-PALS website address

• Where the survey tool is located in the website

• Sample e-mail to audiologists to complete the survey for EHDI coordinators’ use

Both AAA and ASHA are workgroup members so official notification is not needed. After an audiologist completes the survey, the information will be electronically isolated into a secure database that is accessible by password only. The CDC-EHDI team project officer will continue to collaborate with EHDI-PALS workgroup members to monitor the facility data, and will also encourage the EHDI coordinator to view and validate their state’s facility data for any error or inconsistency in the website. EHDI-PALS workgroup member, University of Maine Centre for Research and Evaluation, will continue to be responsible for the analysis, and maintenance of the data collected. The experience and knowledge of the individual(s) responsible for working with the data will include statistics, data architecture, geocoding, website programming, and maintenance.

B.3. Methods to Maximize Response Rates

The survey will open with a statement of purpose which is to quantify the pediatric audiology resource distribution within each state. The purpose statement is located on page one of the survey.

Procedures to ensure a high response rate include the following activities:

• EHDI coordinators will use the sample reminder e-mail programmed in the EHDI-PALS website to remind audiologists periodically if they have not completed the survey. Frequency of the reminder will be left at the EHDI coordinator’s discretion.

• EHDI-PALS workgroup members AAA and ASHA will remind their audiology members to complete the survey through the association e-newsletter periodically. Frequency will be left at their discretion.

• Presentations about EHDI-PALS project and the survey will take place during November 2012 ASHA and April 2013 AAA conferences.

The anticipated response rate is 30 to 40%. This is based on the response rate for a typical research recruitment.

B.4. Test of Procedures or Methods to be Undertaken

EHDI coordinators, AAA and ASHA will administer the EHDI-PALS survey on-line via a secure website, EHDI-PALS.org. To maximize response rates, EHDI coordinators will send reminder e-mails to pediatric audiologists to complete the survey. The reminder e-mails are programmed into EHDI-PALS website under the EHDI coordinator tool box. Frequency of the reminder will be left at the EHDI coordinators’ discretion, as they will have up to date information on the response rate and pattern accessible by password in EHDI-PALS website. AAA and ASHA will remind their audiology members to complete the survey through association e-newsletters.

Presentations about the EHDI-PALS project and survey will also take place during November 2012 ASHA and April 2013 AAA conferences. The anticipated response rate is 30 to 40%.

While names of respondents will be known, respondents are not asked for personal information about themselves or personally identifiable information about the infants they have seen.

Survey respondents will only be asked for information about the facility’s capability and capacity to provide audiologic care for children age 5 and younger. Such as:

• Facility address, phone number, and hours of operation.

• Is the facility equipped to perform hearing test, hearing screening, hearing aid fitting and or cochlear implant services.

• Types of insurance accepted and interpreter services available.

Participation in the survey is voluntary and respondents will be advised that only their facility information will be posted in a database accessible by parents and EHDI coordinators in the EHDI-PALS website.

B.5. Individuals Consulted on Statistical Aspects and Individuals Collecting and/or Analyzing Data

The CDC EHDI team has collaborated with the following members of the EHDI-PALS workgroup on this data collection effort.

Michelle King Robert Fifer, Ph.D

Commission for Children Director of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology

with Special Health Care Needs Mailman Center for Child Development

310 Whittington Parkway, Suite 200 University of Miami

Louisville, KY 40222 P.O.Box 016820

[email protected] Miami, FL 33101

502-429-4430 ext. 322 [email protected]

305-243-2886

Allison Grimes, Au.D Kathryn Beauchaine, M.A.

Clinic Manager Audiology Coordinator

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Boystown National Research Hospital

David Geffen School of Medicine @ UCLA 555 North 30th Street

200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 540 Omaha, NE 68131

[email protected] [email protected]

310-267-4650 402-498-6621

Mary Pat Moeller Christie Yoshinaga-Itano, Ph.D

Director, Center for Childhood Deafness Professor

Boys Town National Research Hospital University of Colorado

555 North 30th Street SLHS, UCB 409

Omaha, NE 68131 Boulder, CO 80309

[email protected] [email protected]

402-452-5068 303-492-3050

Jackson Roush, Ph.D., Patricia Roush, AuD

Professor and Director Director of Pediatric Audiology,

Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, UNC Hospitals

CB 7190 University of North Carolina School of Medicine

3100 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC

301 S. Columbia St. [email protected]

Chapel Hill, NC 7190-27599 919-843-1396

[email protected]

919 966 9467

Alan Diefendorf Brandt Culpepper

Director of Audiology and Speech-Language Rehabilitation Services Supervisor

Pathology Northside Hospital

Indiana University Medical Center Dept of Audiology- 728

12222 Castle Court Atlanta, GA 30342

Carmel, Indiana 46033 [email protected]

[email protected] 404-851-6117

317-846-6055

Anne Oyler Pam Mason

Associate Director, Audiology Director, Audiology
Professional Practices Professional Practices

2200 Research Blvd, #305 Rockville MD 20850-3289

Rockville MD 20850-3289 [email protected]

[email protected] 301-296-5790

301-296-5791

Karen Munoz, Ed.D., CCC-A Craig Mason, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Audiology Director
Associate Director, NCHAM Center for Research and Evaluation
Utah State University University of Maine
2620 Old Main Hill 5766 Shibles Hall, Rm 312
Logan, UT 84321 Orono, ME 04469
[email protected] [email protected]

435 797-3701 207-581-9059

The following individual was consulted on the statistical design aspects of the EHDI-PALS facilities:

Craig Mason, Ph.D

EHDI Consultant

University of Maine, Orono

5717 Corbet Hall, Room 3

Orono, Maine 04469

Phone : 207-581-9059

E-mail: [email protected]

Reference

¹ American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. 2010 Audiology Survey- Private Practice. http://www.asha.org

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