EHDI 2023 Annual Report
EHDI Variables
From CDC.com Formulas for Receipt of EHDI Services
EHDI Variables
Screened
% Screened = (# Total Screened / # Total Occurrent Births according to EHDI program) x 100
2022
- AK: 90.4%
- National: 95.6%
- By 30 Days Old - Hearing Screen
- date_and_time_of_first_screen + patients_date_of_birth
- 2023 birth certificate births
- cdc_hearing_outcome
Diagnosed
% Diagnosed = (# Total Diagnosed / # Total Not Pass) x 100
2022
- AK: 16.1%
- National: 39.9%
- By 90 Days Old - Diagnose as deaf or hard of hearing (DHH)
- first_dx_session_date + patients_date_of_birth
- cdc_hearing_outcome
EI Enrollment
% EI Enrollment = (# Total Enrolled in EI (Part C and Non-Part C) / # Total Infants who are DHH) x 100
2022
- AK: 6.3%
- National: 40.7%
- By 180 Days old - Enroll in early intervention
- date_of_part_c_enrollment - patients_date_of_birth
- date_of_non_part_c_enrollment - patients_date_of_birth
- cdc_dx_outcome
Total screened - 8186
Total in-state Alaska births - 8957
Total diagnosed before 3-months - 25
Total In-State Alaska births who did not pass hearing screen - 192
Total enrolled before 6-months - 3
Total In-State Alaska births diagnoesd as deaf or hear of hearing (DHH) - 8
Geographic Distribution
Demographic Variables
Place of Birth
Medicaid Eligible
Maternal Age
Maternal Race
Marital Status
Substance
Prevalence Estimate of DHH in Alaska
Deaf or Hard of Hearing Prevalence
Out of the 192 newborns with a failed hearing screen, only 29 have a known hearing evaluation. The number of newborns diagnosed as DHH after failing a hearing screen is 7 (out of 29 with a hearing evaluation). The proportion of DHH among screened newborns is 24.14% 7 / 29. The number of newborns with a failed hearing screen that do not have a diagnosis is 163. The number of DHH without a documented hearing screen is 1.
Assuming a consistent rate of DHH among screened newborns, the prevalence estimate for DHH for the year is 52.86 per 10,000 live Alaskan births.