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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.
Zohar Tells It All [Video]
This ten year old lets us know in her own words how important her hearing aid is to her. She is deaf in one ear and needs a hearing aid in the other to access spoken language. In addition, her mother and sister also use hearing aids. That's 5 hearing aids for this...
Let CA Kids Hear Launches New Website
Let California Kids Hear (LCKH) announces initiative and launches website in an effort to garner support for upcoming legislation to mandate health plans cover pediatric hearing aids. Only one in ten kids have hearing aids covered by their private health plan in...
New Law Covers Hearing Aids for Children in Illinois
The legislation requires insurers to cover the cost of hearing aids In August, Illinois Governor, Bruce Rauner, signed a bill into law that requires health insurers to cover the cost of replacing hearing aids for deaf or hard of hearing children every 36 months. The...
Early Intervention Improves Language Outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
New study shows that providing hearing amplification early on helps children’s listening and spoken language skills Approximately, one to two of every 1,000 newborns are deaf or hard of hearing. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Early Hearing Detection and...
Press Releases
- Gov. Newsom Vetoes SB 635, Dealing Crushing Blow to Thousands of CA Kids
- 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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