Toolkit for Providers Serving Children with Hearing Loss
Video introduction by Shirley Russ, MB, ChB, MRCP, FRACP, MPH, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA in the Department of Primary Care Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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TOOLS AND TIPS
Tip #1: Ensure the Child’s Primary Care Provider is Correctly Identified
Tip #2: Collect Two Contact Numbers for Each Family
Tip #3: Collect and Document Family's Language Preference
Tip #4: Use Visual Tools to Help Communication with Families: the Family NHS Roadmap
Tip #5: Use Decision Tools, such as the Ottawa Decision Guide, with Families
Tip #6: Use a Script to Give Information to Families after a Hearing Screen
Tip #7: Schedule Follow-Up Appointments after Newborn Hearing Screening before the Family is Discharged from the Birth Hospital
Tip #8: Use Fax-Back Form to Share Critical Test Results
Tip #9: Use Fax-Back Form to share results of Diagnostic Audiology Evaluation between Audiologist and PCP
Tip #10: Use a Table-Top Exercise (Virtual Walk-Through) as a Test of the System
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