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Show 95 May 10. 2001 Parents know first children can't hear if by LL Col. Carolyn S. Bennett Health and Wellness Center Flight commander "Parents are the first to know that the baby annot hear," states former U.S. Surgeon eneral C. Everett Coop. The average age that children with hearing oss are identified in the United States is 12 to IS months. When hearing loss is detected late, rritical time for stimulating the auditory path-vay- s to hearing centers of the brain is lost. Speech and language development is delayed, iffecting social and emotional growth and aca- it . demic achievement The cost of late identification is not only in real health care and public education dollars, ut also in the frustration borne by parents and hese children who lack appropriate language Kills to compete academically and ultimately today's "information age" job market. Only about 25 percent of the babies born in s United States are born in hospitals with uni-rsnewborn hearing screening programs, d Utah is a state with early identification procures available. Audiologists are health care bfessionals trained to identify hearing loss infancy. If hearing loss is suspected, see an jidiologist or a physician and request a hear-- g evaluation. The Baby's Hearing Checklist is one way to ntify signs of possible hearing loss. This is ly a guide to reactions expected at a certain e. Parents know their children best so don't ait to have a child's hearing tested if hearing ss is suspected. ,.,. v - -- i - t - - . - .... - - 4 - 1 y al "v?orc.i - - y v. .... ....... 12 to 15c:r- - .i AUTHENTICALLY SOUTHWESTERN mum iuj bm m.Kmu v bk h r a 'ADVANCE JtTEL. 7 a r frequently I Dm fi&ked fty Patients, "Doctor, Can You Do This Procedure Using Laser?" The frequency with which this question is asked, has led me to believe several things. 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