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Tue 08 Aug 2010Early action key to infant hearing loss
IDENTIFYING HEARING problems in babies a few months old allows them to be fitted with hearing aids and develop normal speech, but HSE inaction has meant children in Ireland being diagnosed late, a hearing charity has claimed.
Deaf Hear stresses the importance of early action and a national programme and believes that early intervention could save money down the line in the education system.
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