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Newborn Hearing Screening: High Risk Populations of Loss to Follow-up in Louisiana, 2007-2011
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Newborn hearing screening prior to hospital discharge is implemented in all states and some U.S. territories. All newborns who fail the hearing screening are encouraged to follow up to get further tests to confirm diagnosis of hearing loss as early… read more -
Newborns with Delayed Hearing Screening Prior to Hospital Discharge: High Risk Populations of Hearing Loss
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Hearing loss is the most common birth defect, occurring at a rate of 1-3 of every 1000 births. The goal of the Louisiana Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (LA EHDI) is to ensure that all newborns are screened for hearing loss so that… read more -
Coding System: A Source of Variability in Reported Prevalence Rates of Atrial Septal Defect
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The variation in prevalence rates of ASD across different states may either indicate true differences across states or represent an artifact of case identification. Specification of the evaluative process by which cases are coded is necessary when… read more -
Racial Disparity in Birth Defects: Who Has Higher Risk?
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Many studies have shown relationships between race/ethnicity and some birth defects. For example, white teenagers have higher rates of gastroschisis than African-American teenagers 1 , and transposition of great arteries is more prevalent in white… read more