2017 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE : FIRST SOUND

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

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2017 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE : FIRST SOUND

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Issue Date

2017-11

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Text

Keywords

Hearing disorders in infants--South Carolina, Hearing disorders in infants--Testing

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Abstract

In 2001, legislation was enacted to require hearing screenings for all newborns prior to discharge from any South Carolina hospital averaging 100 deliveries or more per year. Established under this mandate, First Sound is South Carolina's early hearing detection and intervention program. Since the initiation of the program, 1,333 infants have been identified with confirmed hearing loss and have received intervention. Eight South Carolina hospitals have been selected to participate in a quality improvement program to improve infant hearing screening practices and reduce rates of infants not rescreened.

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Copyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10827/26223

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