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The latest updates and important news regarding Let California Kids Hear and the California initiative for hearing aid coverage for children.
VIDEO: We Matter Too – Support SB 635
REPORT: Achieving Age-appropriate Spoken Language and Literacy in Children Born with Hearing Loss
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...
Sac Bee: California leads the world in innovation but can’t get hearing aids to deaf kids?
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...
Lodi News: Lodi mom hopes to be heard in effort to require insurers cover hearing aids for children
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. ...
KCRA 3: Advocates push to make hearing aids more affordable for children in California
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...
CBS Sacramento: Families Rally In Favor of Bill to Expand Coverage for Children’s Hearing Aids
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,...
Scripps News: Parents push for insurers to cover pediatric hearing aids
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...
Public News Service: Calls Grow to Require Insurance Companies to Cover Kids’ Hearing Aids
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 services...
Nearly Two Hundred Advocates Ask Gov. Gavin Newsom to Let California Kids Hear!
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...
LCKH Testifies in Senate Budget Oversight Hearings
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
Press Releases
- Idina Menzel and Rick Caruso Join Statewide “Let California Kids Hear” campaign
Thursday, August 8, 2019 - Assemblymember Bloom Tells the California Legislature the Time is Now to Let Kids Hear
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - Legislation to Expand Insurance Coverage for Children’s Hearing Aids Advances
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - Assemblymember Bloom’s AB 1601 Passes out of Assembly Health Committee (2017)
- Legislation to Ensure Pediatric Hearing Aid Coverage Passes Key Policy Committee (2016)
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