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Increase the proportion of infants who didn’t pass their hearing screening who get evaluated for hearing loss by age 3 months — HOSCD‑02 Data Methodology and Measurement

On this page:  About the National Data  |  Methodology  |  History

About the National Data

Data

Data Source:  Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Hearing Screening and Follow-up Survey (EHDI/HSFS), CDC/NCBDDD

Baseline: 75.0 percent of infants who did not pass the hearing screening test received diagnostic audiologic evaluation for hearing loss no later than 3 months of age in 2017

Target: 79.2 percent

Numerator
Number of infants who completed a diagnostic audiologic evaluation for hearing loss before 3 months of age if they did not pass the hearing screening.
Denominator
Number of infants who completed a diagnostic audiologic evaluation for hearing loss if they did not pass the hearing screening.
Target-setting method
Percentage point improvement
Target-setting method details
Percentage point improvement from the baseline using Cohen's h effect size of 0.10.
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Target-setting method justification
Trend data were evaluated for this objective, but it was not possible to project a target because the projection was too ambitious when the most recent data points were considered. A percentage point improvement was calculated using Cohen's h effect size of 0.1. This method was used because the objective was expected to move in the desired direction during the next decade and the Healthy People 2030 Workgroup Subject Matter Experts wanted to achieve a balance between an ambitious yet achievable goal.

Methodology

Methodology notes

Hearing screening procedures include otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and/or auditory brainstem response (ABR) tests.

History

Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.

1. Effect size h=0.1 was chosen to correspond with 10% improvement from a baseline of 50%.