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Washington, DC, August 3, 2008 – Too many children with hearing loss aren’t getting adequate help and are being put at risk for social, emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties, the Better Hearing Institute warned today, citing a national study exploring the unforeseen consequences of untreated hearing loss in America’s children. The warning comes just as educators and parents are preparing for the start of school, and as Democratic and Republican policymakers are preparing their party platforms for the November elections.
In a recent national study Are 1 Million Dependents with Hearing Loss in America Being Left Behind? BHI found that America’s children are paying a high price for the pitfalls in how parents, educators, the healthcare community, and policymakers are addressing hearing loss in our youth.
“Children need to be able to hear, not just in the classroom, but also because hearing affects language competence, cognitive development, social and emotional well-being, and academic achievement,” said Sergei Kochkin, Ph.D., executive director of BHI. “Children who cannot hear well-that is, when their hearing loss is untreated or under-treated-could face a life of underperformance and broken dreams.”
The scientific literature is clear that untreated hearing loss affects nearly all dimensions of the human experience. And the pediatric literature demonstrates that even children with “minimal” hearing loss are at risk academically compared to their normal hearing peers.
“Based on our findings, I am concerned that a sizeable population of young people in America is being left behind because they do not fit existing paradigms of hearing disability,” said otolaryngologist Dr. William Luxford of the House Ear Clinic, a BHI Board member and co-author of the study. “We need a fundamental re-examination of the current hearing health policies and protocols influencing America’s children with hearing loss.”
According to Kochkin, also a study co-author, the findings indicate that too many educators, pediatricians, and other healthcare providers underestimate the impact of mild or unilateral (affecting one ear) hearing loss. As a result, hundreds of thousands of children are left vulnerable to a wide range of social, emotional, behavioral, and academic problems.
A large part of the problem is that many parents today either don’t recognize their child’s hearing problem, minimize it, or have been given misinformation regarding the ability to treat the child’s hearing loss. In fact, at least 50 percent of parents don’t go back for detailed testing when their infant fails an initial hearing screening.
According to Kochkin, some of the most alarming findings from the study include the following:
- Only 12 percent of children under the age of 18 with hearing loss use hearing aids; yet an estimated 1.5 million youth (including adult dependents) under the age of 21 have hearing loss that may be improved with amplification.
- The study found no evidence of the use of any form of hearing assistance in the classroom (e.g. FM systems, hearing aids, speakers), other than front-row seating.
- Hearing loss leaves children vulnerable to other problems, according to three out of four parents of children with hearing loss. Common problem areas include:
- Social skills (52%)
- Speech and language development (51%)
- Grades in school (50%)
- Emotional health (42%)
- Relationships with peers (38%)
- Self-esteem (37%)
- Relationships with family (36%)
- Three in ten parents (32%) cite embarrassment or other social stigma issues as a reason their child does not use a hearing aid.
- One out of five (22%) parents says they are unable to afford hearing devices.
- Four in ten parents were told that their child did not need amplification because they had hearing loss in only one ear.
- Two in ten parents were mistakenly told that their child could not be helped because they had high frequency hearing loss. Another 20 percent were told they could not be helped because they had a low frequency hearing loss.
Key educational and public policy questions raised by the study include the following:
- Do educators, medical doctors, and hearing healthcare professionals underestimate the impact of mild and unilateral hearing loss on children?
- Are pediatricians sufficiently trained to measure hearing loss and advise parents of treatment options?
- Is the prevalence of treatable hearing loss among children under-represented in the United States when subjective methodology (e.g., parental awareness) is used to assess hearing loss?
- Do parents have viable options for paying for hearing aids for their children if they can’t personally afford them?
- Why are only a minority of children in America with hearing loss recipients of amplification, and what can be done in the medical and hearing health profession to make sure that all children receive adequate help for their hearing loss?
- Are too many young people in America being left behind because they don’t fit existing models of hearing disability?
Are 1 Million Dependents with Hearing Loss in America Being Left Behind was conducted by BHI among a national sample of parents of 225 youth from infancy to age 21-all of whom were reported by their parents to have hearing loss and not use hearing aids. The authors of this study also included Dr. Jerry Northern (Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado School of Medicine), Pam Mason (Director of Audiology professional practices at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) and Dr. Anne Marie Tharpe (Professor of Audiology at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine).
“The findings of this study come as a shrill reminder that parents, healthcare providers, and educators must thoroughly address a child’s hearing loss if we are to allow that child a fair and equitable opportunity for success,” Kochkin continues. “Moreover, it provides an impetus for further dialogue among parents, educators, healthcare providers, and policymakers on how we can better serve our children with hearing loss.”
Founded in 1973, BHI is a not-for-profit educational organization whose mission is to educate the public about hearing loss, its treatment and prevention.
# # #To download a copy of the study, “Are 1 Million Dependents in America with Hearing Loss Being Left Behind?” or to download a copy of “A Guide to Your Child’s Hearing” visit the BHI website at www.betterhearing.org.
Visit www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org to learn more about BHI’s campaign to spur passage of a federal tax credit of up to $500 per hearing aid for children and adults with hearing loss. About 40 percent of people who do not use hearing aids say they would be more likely to purchase them in the near future if the tax credit were available.
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May 11th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Thanks for putting this on youtube…Peace.
June 1st, 2010 at 11:37 pm
An anonymous reader notes that CSIRO has sued Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile in — wait for it — East Texas District Court. “Australia’s peak science body stands to reap more than $1 billion from its lucrative Wi-Fi patent after already netting about $250 million from the world’s biggest technology companies, an intellectual property lawyer says. The CSIRO has spent years battling 14 technology giants including Dell, HP, Microsoft, Intel, Nintendo, and Toshiba for royalties and made a major breakthrough in April last year when the companies opted to avoid a jury hearing and settle for an estimated $250 million. Now, the organization is bringing the fight to the top three US mobile carriers in a new suit targeting Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile. It argues they have been selling devices that infringe its patents.”
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June 3rd, 2010 at 9:17 am
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June 4th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Is it Laker D or Celtics O being off tonight?
June 4th, 2010 at 10:19 am
RT "i don't think i was out of tune." someone needs to get a hearing aid. #bgt
June 9th, 2010 at 2:03 am
Sound repetition allows us to memorize complex sounds in a very quick, effective and durable way. According to new research, this form of auditory learning is believed to occur in daily life to help us identify and memorize sound patterns; it allows, for example, immediate recognition of sounds which become familiar through experience, such as the voice of relatives. The same mechanism is involved in the relearning of certain sounds, in particular when using hearing aids.
June 17th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
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July 2nd, 2010 at 12:15 am
A cheap but good one is going to be around $1,000. Unfortunately you may well run into problems with it.
The problem is that you are overly sensitive to certain sounds, which sounds like recruitment or hyper accusis. Therefore it is important that a hearing aid take this into account and refuse to over amplify in these specific sensitive regions of your hearing. This kind of sophisticated digital programmable technology is far more expensive. Good models can run $2,000 – $4,000.
However, Farm Bureau have an excellent program called American Hearing Benefits that offers a discount of 40-60% off the regular price of hearing aids. It's an amazing program that could get you cutting edge technology for $2,000 or less.
As for the suggestion of getting a free sample, that is unlikely to happen. The closest chance you have is if you happen to live in the same city as a major hearing aid manufacturer. They may allow you to beta test their new products for free. But you will have to show up for follow up visits and possibly answer questionnaires or file reports about your experiences.
July 2nd, 2010 at 5:12 am
Took your time putting it on, didn’t you?
July 3rd, 2010 at 4:44 am
In an unprecedented move the government has stepped in and imposed regulations upon the sale, labeling and dispensing of hearing aids used in the US, affecting those millions of…
July 11th, 2010 at 7:20 am
Construct 2 cones out of construction paper and decorate them with some sequins and pipe cleaner. attach 2 pipe cleaners to the top of the cones to create a headband of sorts. Wear these cones in your ears for a week, while screaming everything you say.
July 15th, 2010 at 11:06 am
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July 19th, 2010 at 7:42 am
You shouldn't have a problem passing the test.
Even if you were completely deaf in one ear, you could pass.
If you can hear the doctor speaking to you at 6 feet, with your back turned, using BOTH ears, you will pass.
This is the primary test for the FAA Class 1 Medical Certificate. (and 2&3 as well)
If you fail the test, you can elect to have an audiometric test done.
Here are the actual requirements:
"Demonstrate hearing of an average conversational voice in a quiet room, using both ears at 6 feet, with the back turned to the examiner OR pass one of the audiometric tests below :
Audiometric speech discrimination test: (Score at least 70% discrimination in one ear) or:
Pure tone audiometric test: Unaided, with thresholds no worse than:
500Hz 1,000Hz 2,000Hz 3,000Hz
Better Ear 35Db 30Db 30Db 40Db
Worst Ear 35Db 50Db 50Db 60Db"
http://www.leftseat.com/FAAforms.htm
July 20th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Elemenatary students who’ve been hearing news about the spill are naturally curious about what oil is, how it forms, and why and how we drill for it. Parents and teachers will find age-appropriate answers to their questions here. Created by: U.S. Dept. of Energy. Don’t Miss: The section “Offshore Drilling” provides an excellent expanation of our coastal 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
July 24th, 2010 at 8:18 am
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Hahaha, but i still think i'm fat.
August 6th, 2010 at 5:36 am
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August 11th, 2010 at 8:54 am
I really hope they find a treatment.
August 12th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
You are right. The loss in these videos is more in the higher frequencies. The moderate and severe examples do show a significant loss in the lower frequencies too. My understanding is that the types of hearing loss shown here are the most common types. Thanks for noting that.
September 10th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
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November 11th, 2010 at 12:58 am
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November 12th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
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December 24th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Medicaid DOES pay for 1 hearing aid. You need to consult another hearing professional. Lion's club has used hearing aids. I'd suggest getting new however and try working out a long financing plan. Good luck.
January 3rd, 2011 at 5:26 pm
I am 37 been wearing hearing aids since I was 2 1/2…I know the industry of Hearing Aids my previous Job for six yrs was working with Audiologist and Hearing Aid professionals..I currently wear the Phonak Eleva’s..I just want to say that having waterproof or water resistance hearing aids out on the market for peeps with a Sensineural Hearing Loss is AWESOME! Thanks Phonak – I have been waiting for these all my life. So many hearing aids I had break from just sweating .
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:17 pm
The body-worn device company’s APT hearing aid features an adaptive feedback canceller and acoustic push button, and can easily be converted to a left- or right-ear device.
February 12th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
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February 20th, 2011 at 7:47 am
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March 16th, 2011 at 4:34 am
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March 27th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Hearing aids appear in different makes and models. They are worn in and on the ear in several ways. The ENT doctor, or otolaryngologist, will basically make the decisions for you if you tolerate it. If, however, you would like to save yourself a lot of money, you can march into the medical doctor’s office with various information of your own. Discount hearing aids are one tactic to save yourself a lot of cash without giving up quality. Lots of sellers offer discount hearing aids that are the same to the full priced hearing aids that you get directly from the company. Always, the only diversity is the price, which may be half the price you give the maker or even less. When you are looking at such a deal, be certain that the 2 mach … Hearing Aids Prices
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April 16th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
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May 5th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Entering the hearing aid marketplace with an understanding of the many choices concerning brands and models will help you to select the aid that will best meet your needs. You obviously have to find one that’s within your budget, and you also have to make sure it’s appropriate for the type of hearing loss that you have.
May 8th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
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May 16th, 2011 at 2:51 am
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May 17th, 2011 at 6:15 am
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May 31st, 2011 at 2:18 pm
You know, it would be nice if those who work in hearing clinics actually offered closed captioning for their own videos
June 8th, 2011 at 1:30 am
Absolutely the best, if you are evaluated as an appropriate subject, is the cochlear implant. You need to read up on it, and it is a surgical implant, but it is what they use nowadays for even little children with profound hearing loss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant
July 4th, 2011 at 6:01 am
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July 7th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
You should keep the headphones down below 85 decibels as anything in this range or above can cause gradual hearing loss you can tel if the headphones are too loud if a friend is standing next to you and can hear the music also.
July 25th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
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September 17th, 2011 at 5:37 am
An anonymous reader writes “The price of a pair of hearing aids in the U.S. ranges from $3,000 to $8,000. To the average American household, this is equivalent to 2-3 months of income! While the price itself seems exorbitant, what is even more grotesque is its continuous pace of growth: in the last decade the price of an average Behind the Ear hearing aid has more than doubled. To the present day price points are not receding — even though most of its digital components have become increasingly commoditized. Is this this a hearing aid price bubble?
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September 17th, 2011 at 9:26 am
Many people have problems with hearing, either due to disease or injury. Their hearing may be partially or completely impaired. Their ability to hear may be getting worse all the time.
September 30th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
I have received Digital Hearing Aids, & would like to know how to change the filters in them. Since they NEED it about every 2 or 3 months, should I change them MONTHLY whether theyneed it or not? Or should I just change them when they NEED it?
October 25th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
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January 2nd, 2012 at 7:19 am
Today’s ubiquitous MP3 players permit users to listen to crystal-clear tunes at high volume for hours on end — a marked improvement on the days of the Walkman. But according to new research, these advances have also turned personal listening devices into a serious health hazard, with teenagers as the most at-risk group.
March 18th, 2012 at 2:55 am
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March 29th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
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April 16th, 2012 at 8:44 am
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May 21st, 2012 at 2:24 am
Damn, man, same thing. I can’t listen to that song now without getting choked up for that precise reason. Jim Croce has a song called ‘I’ve Got a Name’ that brings up similar feelings. Can’t speak for everyone but I know you’re an inspiration for those of us who are fathers who weren’t so lucky in marriage and family. You’re kicking ass.