The Alaska Perinatal ECHO is a virtual learning network intended for medical providers caring for pregnant patients and their newborns. This series provides up to date information and support for Alaskan healthcare stakeholders.

Our January 20, 2022 will take place from 6:00-7:00pm. Topic: Alaska Newborn Hearing Screening Update and Recent Issues: Changes in the Statewide System of Care.

Session Learning Objectives:

Participants will:

• Understand the 2019 Joint Commission on Infant Hearing recommendations pertaining to screening, diagnosis and early intervention
• Understand how Alaska is meeting the early hearing detection and intervention 1, 3, 6 goals
• Identify at least three challenges to receiving timely audiology assessments after their abnormal newborn hearing screening results
• Describe the current scope of Alaska’s system of care for infants and/or infants and children under 2 who are at risk of hearing loss in Alaska
• Describe impacts of COVID-19 on newborn hearing screening referral and diagnosis