Volume 15, Number 2, Summer 2020

Tips and Strategies for Working Through the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Infant Hearing Screening Setting

AUTHOR(S):

  • Irene P. Sideris, PhD, CCC-A, Children’s National Hospital, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
  • Tracey Ambrose, AuD, CCC-A, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
  • Irene P. Sideris, PhD, CCC-A, Children’s National Hospital, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
  • Tommie L. Robinson, Jr., PhD, CCC-SLP, Children’s National Hospital, Scottish Rite Center for Childhood Language Disorders, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

ABSTRACT

There are national regulations that govern the procedures for newborn hearing screening programs. Even during the COVID-19 Pandemic, these regulations must be followed. This article is designed to highlight the clinical modifications made by a managing audiologist in order to meet the requirements. Information regarding staff education, changing communication policies, patient safety, and clinical service modification will be presented.

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