Statistics
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Connecticut Annual Hearing Screening Rates (2000- 2006)
* Universal screening began 7/1/2000
2006 Connecticut Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Statistics
Total births in CT 42,180 Percent of newborns: Screened 99.0% Refused 0.1% Deceased 0.2% Not screened 0.7% Hearing Screening Results: Passed 99.1% Referred 0.9% Received diagnostic follow–up testing (of newborns referred from screening) 82.5% Diagnosed with a hearing loss (% of 2006 births) 0.16% (n=67) Bilateral n=36 Unilateral n=31 Enrolled in Birth to Three or Listen & Learn n=40
Average Age at Diagnosis of Hearing Loss
National Goal = 3 months
|
Year |
Age at Diagnosis (in months) |
| 2000 | 1.65 |
| 2001 | 3.06 |
| 2002 | 1.78 |
| 2003 | 1.38 |
| 2004 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 2.79 |
| 2006 | 2.42 |
2006 Births: Age at Diagnosis | ||
|
Minimum: 0.2 months |
Median: 1.8 months |
Maximum: 9.0 months |
|
# and % of children diagnosed before 3 months of age: 48 (71.6%) | ||
| Year | Age at Enrollment (in months) |
| 2000 | 2.13 |
| 2001 |
3.44 |
| 2002 | 2.64 |
| 2003 | 3.23 |
| 2004 | 3.83 |
| 2005 | 4.09 |
| 2006 | 3.10 |
2006 Births: Age at Enrollment in Birth to Three | ||
|
Minimum: 0.6 months |
Median: 3.2 months |
Maximum: 8.5 months |
|
# and % of children enrolled before 6 months of age: 27 (79.4%) | ||
Hospital Screening Data
January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006
|
Hospital |
# Births in 2006
|
% Screened Before Discharge |
% Referred for Diagnostic Testing |
# of Infants Diagnosed with a Hearing Loss |
|
Bridgeport |
2712 |
99.71% |
0.44% |
2 |
|
Bristol |
760 |
99.87% |
0.13% |
0 |
|
Charlotte Hungerford |
471 |
100.00% |
2.34% |
1 |
|
CT Childbirth Center |
63 |
93.65% |
0.00% |
0 |
|
Danbury |
2390 |
99.54% |
0.04% |
0 |
|
Day Kimball |
573 |
100.00% |
0.35% |
2 |
|
Greenwich |
2156 |
99.72% |
1.16% |
3 |
|
Griffin |
740 |
99.59% |
0.68% |
1 |
|
Hartford |
3971 |
99.80% |
0.73% |
10 |
|
Hospital of St. Raphael |
1260 |
99.84% |
0.72% |
1 |
|
John Dempsey |
775 |
98.84% |
1.83% |
9 |
|
Johnson Memorial |
267 |
100.00% |
0.00% |
0 |
|
Lawrence & Memorial |
1710 |
99.59% |
0.70% |
1 |
|
Manchester Memorial |
1071 |
99.63% |
0.28% |
1 |
|
Middlesex |
1163 |
99.05% |
1.56% |
0 |
|
Midstate |
1108 |
100.00% |
0.72% |
1 |
|
Milford |
499 |
99.80% |
1.61% |
1 |
|
NBG - THOCC |
1909 |
99.63% |
0.32% |
4 |
|
New Milford |
336 |
100.00% |
0.00% |
0 |
|
Norwalk |
1574 |
98.73% |
0.26% |
0 |
|
Rockville General |
461 |
99.13% |
0.66% |
1 |
|
Sharon |
225 |
99.56% |
3.13% |
3 |
|
St. Francis |
3047 |
99.74% |
0.33% |
5 |
|
St. Mary’s |
1235 |
99.11% |
0.74% |
2 |
|
St. Vincent’s |
1410 |
99.72% |
0.07% |
0 |
|
Stamford |
2745 |
99.93% |
0.36% |
0 |
|
Waterbury |
1188 |
99.49% |
0.59% |
2 |
|
William W. Backus |
1045 |
99.62% |
0.67% |
3 |
|
Windham |
411 |
99.27% |
1.23% |
2 |
|
Yale New Haven |
4665 |
98.63% |
3.37% |
12 |
|
Total = 67 |