Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-601 - Initial hearing screening test: technology and protocol
(a) Trained
personnel at each medical care facility shall provide initial hearing screening
using ABR, AABR, OAE, and AOAE, in combination or alone, which objectively
assesses the physiologic status of the ear and which has no greater than a
30-40 dB HL (decibel hearing level) criterion for a pass result or a referral
for additional screening.
(b)
Trained personnel at each medical care facility shall follow an initial hearing
screening protocol that has been approved by the hearing screening state
program coordinator.
(c) The
initial hearing screening protocol shall include the following:
(1) The type of screening equipment to be
used;
(2) the time frame for the
first screening and, if needed, the second screening, before discharge;
(3) the plan for providing the
results to the parent, the newborn's or infant's primary medical care provider,
and the department;
(4) the
methods and materials to be used to inform the parent of the following:
(A) The purpose, benefits, and limitations of
hearing screening for newborns and infants;
(B) the procedures used for hearing
screening;
(C) the risk indicators
for delayed-onset, progressive, and acquired hearing loss;
(D) the factors that could result in a
referral for further hearing screening, including debris in the ear canal and
fluid in the middle ear;
(E) the
effects of hearing loss on infant development, including speech and language
development;
(F) the importance of
follow-up hearing assessment;
(G)
the benefits of early identification and intervention;
(H) the timelines for maximizing early
intervention; and
(I) a list of
facilities that provide audiologic assessment for newborns and for infants
younger than five months of age; and
(5) the referral plan to be used if the
hearing screening results are incomplete or if the newborn or infant does not
pass the hearing screening.
Notes
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