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DPH discusses loaned OAE hearing screener for home-birth midwives; community to define sharing plan
Summary
Department of Public Health officials and working-group members discussed the potential purchase of a single otoacoustic emission (OAE) hearing screener for home-birth midwives to share, and outlined follow-up steps including an email survey and data reporting requirements.
Connecticut Department of Public Health staff and members of the Midwives Working Group discussed whether a single OAE (otoacoustic emission) newborn hearing screener purchased by DPH could be shared among home-birth midwives to improve screening access for babies born outside hospitals.
John Lamb, of the Department of Public Health Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program, and Michelle Jubel, a program staff member, asked the working group whether midwives would be able to share a portable OAE device and what a loan-and-share process would look like. Michelle said DPH…
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