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Alexandria, Va. (May 11, 2006) The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) has joined with eight other national organizations to make hearing an issue of national concern during May is Better Hearing and Speech Month.
On May 18th, members of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus will host an Issues Forum with Representatives Ryun, Walsh, McCarthy and Capps to discuss the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act (H.R. 414/S. 1060) and the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act (H.R. 5250). The Dear Colleague letter, signed by the four representatives previously listed, was issued to all members of Congress yesterday.
HIA continues to push passage of the hearing aid tax credit legislation aggressively. Hearing loss is one of the few medical conditions for which there is little financial assistance available, despite the documented benefits of amplification for people with hearing losses. Earlier this year, the Better Hearing Institute issued a study confirming that there are economic, as well as psychosocial benefits of hearing aid use as people with hearing losses who use hearing aids earn, on average, $12,000 more in income annually than non-users.
HIA is urging all hearing aid tax credit supporters to contact their Congressional Representative or Senators and ask them to support and co-sponsor H.R. 414/S. 1060. To find out if your Representative or Senators are co-sponsors already, please visit www.hearing.org/public.
HIA, headquartered in Alexandria, VA, is the national trade association of manufacturers of hearing aids, implantable hearing devices, assistive listening devices, component parts and power sources for amplification devices.
