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Experts flag mild to moderate' hearing loss: the issue is often not addressed, causing significant problems in academic and social development.(Clinical Rounds)
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March 1, 2008
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Many children and adolescents with "mild to moderate" hearing loss are not getting the help they need, either because their impairment is not recognized or because its consequences are not fully appreciated, according to several experts.
"I'm raising a lot of red flags," said Sergei Kochkin, Ph.D., executive director of the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), a nonprofit educational organization in Washington, D.C. "I am challenging the whole concept of "mild" hearing loss in children as a benign condition, as well as existing paradigms on who should receive treatment. I am absolutely convinced that a huge number of children are being left behind and their hearing loss is ...
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