This 2023 report by researcher Jace Wolfe, Ph.D., CCC-A provides an overview of the impact of childhood hearing loss with a focus on four areas: the impact of childhood hearing loss on brain development; the impact of childhood hearing loss on listening, spoken...
As published on August 13, 2023 by Sacramento Bee Editorial writer and Columnist Tom Philip Nick and Christina Janes of Rocklin pose for a portrait with their six-year-old son, Jake, who has lived with impaired hearing since birth, on Friday, July 28, 2023. They have...
As published on July 14, 2023 by Wes Bowers/News-Sentinel Staff Writer Four years ago, a bill aimed at requiring health insurance companies in California to cover hearing aids for children hit a road block when Gov. Gavin Newsom decided not to sign it. ...
As published on July 11, 2023 A new California Senate bill would require health plans to cover hearing aids for children up to age 21. Advocates say 1 in 10 children with commercial health insurance in the state have coverage for hearing aids. Watch more below: Our...
As broadcast on CBS News Sacramento 13 on July 11, 2023 Families rallying at the Assembly Health Committee in support of #SB635 Aka #LetCAKidsHear Act were featured on @CBSSacramento #prokidca pic.twitter.com/nE5CjtnVB5 — LetCAKidsHear (@letcakidshear) July 13,...
As seen on Scripps News June 5, 2023 By Lindsey Theis Vivienne Ober is a spunky 9-year-old. She loves the color purple and playing with her kid sister. But Vivienne is among the roughly 3 in every 1,000 children the National Institutes of Health says are born with...
As featured in Public News Service by Susan Potter. Listen to the audio interview here. Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Groups fighting for children’s health are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers to require insurance companies to cover hearing aids and related...
A letter from nearly 200 pediatricians, audiologists, educators, advocates, and parents of deaf and hard of hearing children urging support of the Let California Kids Hear Act was sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators. The Act would expand access to...
Michelle Marciniak, Co-Chair, Let California Kids Hear Testimony in in Senate Budget Health Committee on Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program (HACCP) Implementation Issues AND revisiting a solution APRIL 20, 2023 Hello my name is Michelle Marciniak, I am...
