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					  <title><![CDATA[Miss America 2005 gets personal about hearing loss]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.audiologyonline.com/news/news_detail.asp?news_id=2828</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Miss America 2005, Deidre Downs, spent the past four months traveling the country and sharing her personal story about hearing loss&#8212;and she&#8217;s helped others learn that technology today means treatment is effective and beneficial.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Deaf students fight for help in the classroom]]></title>
					  <link>http://origin.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_7430351</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[After a yearlong legal battle, a deaf student at Glendora High School won the right to have an in-class, real-time transcription service. ]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[OHSU hearing loss preventative in final test phase]]></title>
					  <link>http://blog.oregonlive.com/business/2007/10/ohsu_hearing_loss_treatment_he.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Adherex Technologies Inc. has begun the final phase of clinical testing of a treatment developed by Oregon Health &#38; Science University to prevent hearing loss in children undergoing chemotherapy for liver cancer.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Impact of Hearing Loss and Related Health Problems]]></title>
					  <link>http://media-newswire.com/release_1056963.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Virginia Commonwealth University will use a federal grant to determine how disabilities that are present at birth affect how physicians identify, evaluate and treat hearing loss in infants and young children.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Turn down the volume on kid&#39;s music devices]]></title>
					  <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/337870_nohle05.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[An article in the journal Pediatrics estimated that 12.5 percent of children ages 6 to 19 have noise-induced hearing loss.&#160; Hearing loss accumulates over a lifespan and is irreversible. It's important that your child understands the importance of not cranking up the volume. Setting firm guidelines for safe use, especially if you can do so right up front, can help your child play by the rules.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Amplification is important for hearing loss]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.lcsun-news.com/healthyliving/ci_7386124</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Hearing difficulties are often unrecognized by the person involved.&#160; Children and teenagers seldom complain about the symptoms of hearing loss, and adults may lose their hearing so gradually they do not realize it is happening.&#160; Identification of a loss and amplification can have significant effects on the lives of hearing-impaired individuals.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Art helps doctors save children&#39;s hearing]]></title>
					  <link>http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/art-helps-doctors-save-childrens-hearing/1084440.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[In Australia, Gloria Morales knows that the brilliantly coloured paintings of artists from the Yuendumu community in the Northern Territory can help save the health of its children.&#160; Ms Morales&#160;brought five paintings by Yuendumu artists to the capital yesterday to raise funds for the Canberra Medical Society.&#160; The paintings were auctioned at a picnic and family event at Reconciliation Place yesterday, helping to raise a total of about $10,000.&#160; The money will be used for ear surgery on about 40 children with chronic eardrum perforations, a major problem in the community.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Preschool teaches auditory oral skills]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=31149</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Stepping Stones Academy is the only preschool in West Virginia with both hearing and hearing-impaired children.&#160;&#160;This requires each student to communicate through speech and hearing. ]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Hearing Health information]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.lcsun-news.com/healthyliving/ci_7386125</link>
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Good hearing is essential to the social and intellectual development of infants and young children. Audiologists test hearing and identify hearing loss in children of any age. This includes newborn and infant hearing screening and diagnostic hearing tests with young children. Audiologists provide hearing therapy and fit hearing aids on babies and young children with hearing loss.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Boy lives in both the hearing and Deaf worlds]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/483936.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Joey Marchand, a 9-year old boy, has a cochlear implant, but he has also learned how to sign.&#160; This has allowed him to not only have speech, but a strong language foundation.]]></description>
					  <author>Julie Howell</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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