Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 211.645.Definitions for KRS 211.647 and 216.2970

(a) Family history of a congenital hearing loss;

(b) Rubella or virus during pregnancy;

(c) Neonatal intensive care of more than five (5) days;

(d) Below-normal birth weight;

(e) Neonatal intensive care, regardless of the number of days, for any of the following conditions:

1. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO);

2. Assisted ventilation;

3. Exposure to ototoxic medications, including but not limited to gentramycin and tobramycin, or loop diuretics, including but not limited to furosemide;

4. Hyperbilirubinemia that requires an exchange transfusion;

5. Syndromes associated with hearing loss and progressive or late onset hearing loss, including but not limited to neurofibromatosis, osteopetrosis, and Usher, Waardenburg, Alport, Pendred, and Jervell and Lange-Nielson Syndromes;

6. Congenital ear, nose, or throat anomalies, including but not limited to those involving the pinna, ear canal, ear tags, ear pits, and temporal bone; or

7. Culture-positive postnatal infections associated with sensorineural hearing loss, including but not limited to confirmed bacterial and viral meningitis;

(f) An auditory screening indicating a hearing loss; or

(g) Any other factor identified by the American Medical Association the American Academy of Pediatrics, or the American Academy of Otolaryngology as a cause of late onset or progressive hearing loss.