Why insurance doesn't always cover hearing aids for kids – Orange County Register
California and 17 other states don’t require private insurance plans to cover hearing aids for kids, so many don’t.
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California and 17 other states don’t require private insurance plans to cover hearing aids for kids, so many don’t.
By Colleen DeGuzman | KFF Health News Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears as an infant, meaning sounds are extremely muffled. But Shen and her husband, who live in Ontario, faced a horrible situation. Without intervention, they were told, their baby daughter’s hearing impairment would prevent her from acquiring age-appropriate language skills and
California and 17 other states don’t require private insurance plans to cover hearing aids for kids, so many don’t.
Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears as an infant,
Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears as an infant,