Thank you again for all that you do to make the Fondren's Zippity Doo DahÂ® Weekend a success for the sick and injured children of Mississippi through the Batson Children's Hospital AND beyond, via membership in the Children's Miracle Network!
Hearing loss, also known as hearing impairment, is a partial or total inability to hear. A deaf person has little to no hearing. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children hearing problems can affect the ability to learn spoken language and in adults it can cause work related difficulties. In some people, particularly older people, hearing loss can result in loneliness.
The official definition of deafness from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is âa hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification.â The phrase âwith or without amplificationâ is significant as it indicates that a hearing aid will ...