Cell phone satisfaction according to MarkeTrak VII is 59%; 43% if we count only "satisfied" or "very satisfied" responses.
That why information and guidance is needed for hearing aid users when they decided they want to purchase a cell phone.
Buying a cell phone can go a long way to increase the utility of hearing aids. Janice Schacter, chair of the Hearing Access
Program, a retired attorney and parent to a child with a hearing loss gives potential cell phone consumers tips on how
to maximize their experience if they have a hearing loss.
You can download the article HERE.
This article (courtesy of Volta Voices) is an excellent hand-out for patients or for inclusion in aural rehabiliation group
sessions. Action Alert - Urge Your Representation to Support EHDI Reauthorization Bill
Please contact your U.S. Representation today and ask them to co-sponsor and support the Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention (EHDI) Act (H.R. 1246) that would reauthorize the federal portion of this important and highly
successful initiative for the next five years.
The federal grants to states and support programs through federal agencies for EHDI program have played an important
role in wide spread screening and early intervention for infants with hearing loss since adopted nearly 10 years
ago in the Labor, HHS and Education appropriation bill of 1999.
However, there is ore work to be done. Nearly 50 percent of those children who are found to have hearing
loss are lost to the system. H.R. 1246 would expand the program to allow states to
fund follow-up services to ensure that babies who have failed their hearing screening receive
full diagnostic evaluations and, if necessary, are enrolled in early intervention programs, as
well as promote culturally-sensitive family support services.
