Impact of Patient Navigation on Time to Intervention for Deaf and Hard‐of‐Hearing Children
A patient navigator significantly decreased the time from hearing loss identification to educational intervention and medical clearance. Additionally, the intervention increased the proportion who achieved Early Intervention services in accordance with nationally recognized Early Hearing Detection and Intervention quality milestones.
Authors
- Michael M. Lindeborg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5860-6097)
- Dylan K. Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0836-3730)
- Jihyun Stephans
- Kendyl Naugle
- Sarah Coulthurst
- Michelle Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-0752)
- Inderpreet Kaur Khalsa
- Joy M Kearns
Institutions
- University of San Diego (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.1369
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00