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Below is a summary of statistics for infants born in Virginia between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.
Number of Live Births: 107,261
Percent of Infants Screened Before 1 Month of Age: 98.5%
Percent of infants who did not pass the screening: 2.7%
Percent of infants who received follow-up: 87.0%
Percent of infants who passed screening, but at-risk for progressive or delayed-onset hearing loss: 1.7%
Number of children, born in 2006, who have been identified with hearing loss: 125
Average age at diagnosis: 4.7 months
Median age at diagnosis*: 3.2 months
Minimum age at diagnosis: 0.4 months
Maximum age at diagnosis: 22.3 months
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Below is a summary of statistics for infants born in Virginia between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006.
Number of Live Births: 105,890
Percent of Infants Screened Before 1 Month of Age: 97.5%
Percent of infants who did not pass the screening: 2.8%
Percent of infants who received follow-up: 87.6%
Percent of infants who passed screening, but at-risk for progressive or delayed-onset hearing loss: 1.6%
Number of children, born in 2006, who have been identified with hearing loss: 111
Average age at diagnosis: 3.8 months
Median age at diagnosis*: 2.8 months
Minimum age at diagnosis: 0.07 months
Maximum age at diagnosis: 16.1 months
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2005
Below is a summary of statistics for infants born in Virginia between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005.
Number of Live Births: 102,247
Percent of Infants Screened Before 1 Month of Age: 98.4%
Percent of infants who did not pass the screening: 3.1%
Percent of infants who received follow-up: 83.1%
Percent of infants who passed screening, but at-risk for progressive or delayed-onset hearing loss: 1.9%
Number of children, born in 2005, who have been identified with hearing loss: 107
Average age at diagnosis: 5.2 months
Median age at diagnosis*: 3.8 months
Minimum age at diagnosis: 0.7 months
Maximum age at diagnosis: 15.5 months
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2004
Below is a summary of statistics for infants born in
Virginia between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004.
Number of Live Births: 101,748
Percent of Infants Screened Before 1 Month of Age: 98.1%
Percent of infants who did not pass the screening: 3.0%
Percent of infants who received follow-up: 80.3%
Percent of infants who passed screening, but at-risk for progressive or delayed-onset hearing loss: 1.9%
Number of children, born in 2004, who have been identified with hearing loss: 84
Average age at diagnosis: 4.5 months
Median age at diagnosis*: 3.9 months
Minimum
age at diagnosis: 0.03 months
Maximum age at diagnosis: 15.3
months
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*Median age is defined as the age at which half of all cases reported were older and half were younger.
If you would like more specific or individualized data information,
please contact the Surveillance and Evaluation Coordinator at Darlene.Donnelly@vdh.virginia.gov
Virginia Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
hearing@vdh.virginia.gov
