2021 Summary of Infants Not Passing Hearing Screening Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age
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September 2023
Data Source: 2021 CDC EHDI Hearing Screening & Follow-up Survey (HSFS)
State/Territory (n=51) | Births Reported to EHDI Program | Total Screened | Total Not Pass* | No Hearing Loss (e.g., normal hearing, transient hearing) | No Hearing Loss Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age | Permanent Hearing Loss | Permanent Hearing Loss Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age | Prevalence per 1,000 Births* | Total Diagnosed (Includes cases of normal hearing, permanent hearing loss, and transient hearing loss) | Total Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age (Includes cases of normal hearing, permanent hearing loss, and transient hearing loss) | Percent Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age § among those Not Passing the Screen (Includes cases of normal hearing, permanent hearing loss, and transient hearing loss) |
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Alaska | 9,363 | 8,833 | 160 | 54 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 1.4 | 67 | 39 | 24.4 |
Arizona | 78,481 | 76,952 | 1,312 | 269 | 154 | 192 | 113 | 2.4 | 461 | 267 | 20.4 |
Arkansas | 34,917 | 34,451 | 527 | 169 | 80 | 48 | 30 | 1.4 | 217 | 110 | 20.9 |
California | 414,146 | 412,152 | 2,505 | 863 | 461 | 884 | 588 | 2.1 | 1,747 | 1,049 | 41.9 |
Colorado | 62,995 | 61,160 | 1,015 | 178 | 125 | 161 | 138 | 2.6 | 339 | 263 | 25.9 |
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | 575 | 569 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 |
Connecticut | 36,949 | 36,629 | 456 | 307 | 251 | 95 | 68 | 2.6 | 402 | 319 | 70.0 |
Delaware | 11,050 | 10,780 | 240 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 1.5 | 30 | 19 | 7.9 |
District of Columbia | 12,074 | 11,964 | 229 | 46 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 0.8 | 56 | 36 | 15.7 |
Florida | 216,536 | 207,461 | 3,601 | 1,865 | 1,283 | 300 | 121 | 1.4 | 2,165 | 1,404 | 39.0 |
Georgia | 125,046 | 119,859 | 3,032 | 704 | 520 | 203 | 140 | 1.6 | 907 | 660 | 21.8 |
Hawaii | 15,552 | 15,178 | 248 | 146 | 129 | 54 | 46 | 3.5 | 200 | 175 | 70.6 |
Idaho | 21,889 | 20,947 | 899 | 612 | 528 | 64 | 50 | 2.9 | 676 | 578 | 64.3 |
Illinois | 128,891 | 127,259 | 2,295 | 1,461 | 1,128 | 362 | 229 | 2.8 | 1,823 | 1,357 | 59.1 |
Indiana | 80,141 | 78,211 | 3,886 | 3,008 | 2,361 | 188 | 108 | 2.3 | 3,196 | 2,469 | 63.5 |
Iowa | 36,845 | 36,185 | 429 | 225 | 171 | 66 | 40 | 1.8 | 291 | 211 | 49.2 |
Kansas | 36,362 | 36,016 | 654 | 457 | 378 | 98 | 52 | 2.7 | 555 | 430 | 65.7 |
Kentucky | 49,678 | 48,472 | 1,264 | 886 | 729 | 52 | 38 | 1.0 | 938 | 767 | 60.7 |
Louisiana | 57,349 | 56,525 | 707 | 306 | 252 | 80 | 53 | 1.4 | 386 | 305 | 43.1 |
Maine | 11,683 | 11,265 | 345 | 256 | 191 | 27 | 17 | 2.3 | 283 | 208 | 60.3 |
Maryland | 65,092 | 64,074 | 972 | 436 | 295 | 71 | 48 | 1.1 | 507 | 343 | 35.3 |
Massachusetts | 70,105 | 69,427 | 1,556 | 1,229 | 1054 | 156 | 127 | 2.2 | 1,385 | 1,181 | 75.9 |
Michigan | 102,661 | 101,521 | 1,272 | 396 | 239 | 192 | 126 | 1.9 | 588 | 365 | 28.7 |
Minnesota | 63,539 | 62,727 | 1,371 | 717 | 516 | 179 | 146 | 2.8 | 896 | 662 | 48.3 |
Missouri | 69,378 | 67,854 | 1,124 | 563 | 441 | 127 | 83 | 1.8 | 690 | 524 | 46.6 |
Montana | 11,250 | 10,686 | 258 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0.7 | 56 | 43 | 16.7 |
Nebraska | 24,799 | 24,629 | 354 | 210 | 146 | 60 | 35 | 2.4 | 270 | 181 | 51.1 |
Nevada | 33,290 | 31,625 | 509 | 157 | 104 | 60 | 34 | 1.8 | 217 | 138 | 27.1 |
New Hampshireα | 12,724 | 10,722 | 403 | 185 | 117 | 20 | 10 | 1.6 | 205 | 127 | 31.5 |
New Jersey | 98,526 | 97,272 | 773 | 236 | 185 | 87 | 60 | 0.9 | 323 | 245 | 31.7 |
New Mexico | 18,597 | 18,504 | 404 | 228 | 148 | 39 | 25 | 2.1 | 267 | 173 | 42.8 |
New York | 211,546 | 204,733 | 3,247 | 565 | 392 | 234 | 147 | 1.1 | 799 | 539 | 16.6 |
North Carolina | 122,937 | 121,678 | 1,297 | 410 | 233 | 245 | 151 | 2.0 | 655 | 384 | 29.6 |
North Dakota | 11,684 | 11,517 | 297 | 99 | 56 | 15 | 10 | 1.3 | 114 | 66 | 22.2 |
Ohio | 130,424 | 126,767 | 5,799 | 4,173 | 3,651 | 284 | 188 | 2.2 | 4,457 | 3,839 | 66.2 |
Oklahomaᵝ | 46,512 | 46,090 | 792 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 71 | 2.2 | 102 | 71 | 9.0 |
Oregon | 41,555 | 40,889 | 1,581 | 1,200 | 1,011 | 115 | 79 | 2.8 | 1,315 | 1,090 | 68.9 |
Pennsylvania | 132,153 | 129,655 | 1,726 | 707 | 619 | 240 | 164 | 1.8 | 947 | 783 | 45.4 |
Puerto Rico | 19,185 | 18,797 | 399 | 198 | 113 | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 207 | 117 | 29.3 |
Rhode Island | 11,001 | 10,794 | 328 | 226 | 152 | 16 | 10 | 1.5 | 242 | 162 | 49.4 |
South Carolina | 53,213 | 51,790 | 925 | 170 | 124 | 128 | 78 | 2.4 | 298 | 202 | 21.8 |
South Dakota | 12,210 | 11,307 | 641 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 2.9 | 72 | 64 | 10.0 |
Tennessee | 87,212 | 86,010 | 2,398 | 1,341 | 903 | 154 | 70 | 1.8 | 1,495 | 973 | 40.6 |
Texas | 366,240 | 361,897 | 6,036 | 1,808 | 1,224 | 471 | 320 | 1.3 | 2,279 | 1,544 | 25.6 |
Utah | 47,971 | 47,372 | 766 | 591 | 495 | 113 | 102 | 2.4 | 704 | 597 | 77.9 |
Vermont | 5,120 | 5,045 | 44 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 1.6 | 44 | 44 | 100.0 |
Virginia | 96,120 | 93,894 | 1,619 | 990 | 746 | 137 | 97 | 1.4 | 1,127 | 843 | 52.1 |
Washington | 82,531 | 81,810 | 1,080 | 383 | 191 | 168 | 88 | 2.0 | 551 | 279 | 25.8 |
West Virginia | 18,213 | 17,968 | 975 | 567 | 509 | 17 | 9 | 0.9 | 584 | 518 | 53.1 |
Wisconsin | 61,489 | 60,251 | 777 | 373 | 280 | 101 | 64 | 1.6 | 474 | 344 | 44.3 |
Wyoming | 5,647 | 5,550 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2.1 | 32 | 25 | 75.8 |
Totals | 3,573,446 | 3,503,723 | 63,570 | 30,128 | 22,885 | 6,518 | 4,252 | 1.8 | 36,646 | 27,137 | 42.7 |
Data include information about any services that infants born in the calendar year 2021 received through 2022, until time of survey reporting.
αThe program is experiencing data migration challenges, therefore data may not be accurate.
*Total Not Pass includes infants who did not pass hearing screen (60,824) and infants who missed hearing screen due to being sent straight to diagnostic evaluation (2,746).
¶Prevalence per 1,000 Births: (# Hearing loss / # Total Screened) x 1,000
§Percent Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age among those Not Passing the Screen: (# Total Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age / # Total Not Pass) x 100
ᵝThere are infants diagnosed with no hearing loss. However they are not captured in the HSFS under the Diagnostic Data section.
Table of Contents
- 2021 Annual Data
- 2021 Summary of National CDC EHDI Data
- 2021 Summary of Hearing Screening Among Total Occurrent Births
- 2021 Summary of Detailed Hearing Screening Results
- 2021 Summary of Infants Screened Before 1 Month of Age
- 2021 Summary of Reasons for No Documented Hearing Screening Among Total Occurrent Births
- 2021 Summary of Diagnostics Among Infants Not Passing Hearing Screening
- ›2021 Summary of Infants Not Passing Hearing Screening Diagnosed Before 3 Months of Age
- 2021 Summary of Reasons for No Documented Diagnosis Among Infants Not Passing Hearing Screening
- 2021 Summary of Early Intervention (EI) Among Infants Identified with Permanent Hearing Loss
- 2021 Summary of Infants Identified with Permanent Hearing Loss Enrolled in Early Intervention (EI) Before 6 Months of Age
- 2021 Summary of Reasons for No Documented Early Intervention (EI) Services Among Infants Identified with Permanent Hearing Loss
- 2021 Type and Severity Summary of Identified Cases of Hearing Loss
- 2021 Demographics