Little Girl Wearing a Hearing Aid (IMAGE)

University of Iowa

Little Girl Wearing a Hearing Aid

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Early access to well-fit hearing technology supports children's language learning, according to a first-of-its-kind study that discovered many hard of hearing children who receive optimal, early services are able to "catch up or significantly close the gaps with their hearing peers.

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Photo courtesy of Skip Kennedy at Boys Town National Research Hospital

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