| Show so 80 U iTIc Important Student Hearing Important The rapidly approaching start of a new school year should be the signal for parents to make absolutely certain their school-age school children children chil chil- dren are not suffering from an undetected hearing loss This is the advice of the Belton Crusade for Hearing Conservation The crusade is sponsored by Electronics Electronics Elec Elee Corporation world leader in hearing aids and electronic electronic electronic elec elec- hearing test ments It is designed to build public awareness to the need for hearing conservation While a hearing test should be part of everyone's annual physical examination such a test is particularly important for school age children This is because without such a test a child could be having to compete in the classroom under un- un under un der a severe handicap The child with an undetected ted hearing loss usually does not know that he is hard of hearing g. g Tragically teachers and par parents also may nay not not r realize realize real real- al ize the child has impaired hear hear- hear ing However there are warning warn warning ing signs For example children children children chil chil- dren with impaired hearing frequently are inattentive surly preoccupied disobedient disobedient or withdrawn from classroom classroom classroom class class- room and family activities On a more optimistic note however hearing testing testing test test- ing programs are becoming increasingly increasingly increasingly in in- common in school districts throughout the U. U S S. S and Canada But parents should make certain their children will have havea a hearing test during the next academic year either at school by a medical ear specialist at a hearing clinic or by a hearing aid dealer |
