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Increase the proportion of infants who didn’t pass their hearing screening who get evaluated for hearing loss by age 3 months — HOSCD‑02 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
74.0 percent (2021)

Target:
79.2 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
75.0 percent of infants who did not pass the hearing screening test received diagnostic audiologic evaluation for hearing loss no later than 3 months of age in 2017

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Infants with possible hearing loss receiving hearing evaluation before age 3 months, 2017-2021
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total
75.0
77.0
79.0
61.0
74.0