Frequently Asked Questions

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-- The ODDACE Team

  • Included parent input in the assessment process
  • Measured children’s skills and abilities across a variety of developmental areas
  • Allowed parents and interventionists to monitor a child’s progress over time and identify potential delays at their onset. Reports of each child's individual results were sent to the interventionist and family for this purpose.
  • Compared language abilities of individual children to hearing peers since assessments are standardized and norm-referenced
  • Provided a data-driven approach to making educational programming decisions
  • Assisted in the generation of IFSP/IEP goals
  • Provided statewide and program-specific accountability data on an annual basis
  • Allowed programs to compare the results of their children to national averages
  • Allowed programs to examine outcomes across different subgroups of children
  • Informed professional personnel preparation needs
  • Provided opportunities for networking with program directors and EHDI personnel in other states
  • Gave states an opportunity to contribute to a national database which will allow us to characterize the language strengths and challenges of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and identify factors that are predictive of more successful language outcomes 

Programs from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming participated.

Yes, we had in-person and online training options.

Testing intervals: At the discretion of the program (every 6 months was recommended)

Testing age levels: At the discretion of the program – some possible options proposed:

  • At 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months 30 months, 36 months of age
  • 1 month prior to a 6-month or annual review or IFSP/IEP meeting
  • Select 2 specific months of the year when all children are assessed

Birth to 3 years of age with an optional extension up to age 6.

Children with any degree of hearing loss (mild to profound) in one or both ears were eligible. Additionally, the hearing loss could be of any type -- conductive, mixed, or sensorineural (including auditory neuropathy).

Test materials are available in ASL, Spanish, and English. We included participants who used any of these languages.

If you are interested in learning more about ODDACE, please contact:

Allison Sedey

(303)Ìý492-0078

Allison.Sedey@Colorado.edu

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