[Ct-nfb] FW: telephone screening test for hearing impairment -- https://nationalhearingtest.org

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Subject: FW: telephone screening test for hearing impairment --
https://nationalhearingtest.org

From: Sigman, Brian 
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:10 AM
Subject: FW: telephone screening test for hearing impairment --
https://nationalhearingtest.org

From: ncsab_members-owner at ncsab.org [mailto:ncsab_members-owner at ncsab.org]
On Behalf Of DeNotaris, David
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 8:58 AM
To: ncsab_members at ncsab.org
Subject: [NCSAB Members] FW: https://nationalhearingtest.org

This is very interesting. For the month of May you can take this free
hearing screening by calling 866.223.7575. Please see more info below.

DD

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Dear Colleagues,

Last October we reported to you the availability of a telephone screening
test for hearing impairment, the "National Hearing Test."  As we explained,
this test is offered on a non-profit basis, but a fee ($8.00) had to be
charged to cover the cost of the toll-free line, administration of the test,
and NIH-required follow-up to determine compliance with recommendations made
to those who fail it.

To help raise awareness of this test and also to determine the negative
influence of the fee, it has been decided to offer it free during May, 2014,
which is Better Speech and Hearing Month.  This is made possible by a grant
from NIH/NIDCD.

PLEASE HELP US INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS CONVENIENT,
PRIVATE, AND CLINICALLY VALIDATED SCREENING TEST THAT CAN BE TAKEN IN THE
COMFORT OF ONE'S HOME.  DURING MAY THE TEST CAN BE TAKEN SIMPLY BY CALLING

1-866-223-7575 AND FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS.  Left and right ears are
tested and the results are given at the end of the call ("within normal
limits", "slightly below the normal range", or "substantially below the
normal range").

Thanks to all of you for helping make the public aware of this clinically
validated test.  Tests like it have been taken by many thousands of persons
in Europe and Australia, but it has been possible for those versions to be
offered free.  That may be the only way the US version would be used by the
estimated 18 million or so hearing impaired persons in this country who have
never had a hearing test.  But we cannot learn that unless they are made
aware of the existence of the test.  So PLEASE pass this information on as
widely as possible.

Information about the test is available at the NHT website,
https://nationalhearingtest.org/ Best regards,

The NHT team:   Chuck Watson, Gary Kidd, Jim Miller and Larry Humes

David J. De Notaris | Director 
Bureau of Blindness & Visual Services 
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation 
1521 N. 6th Street | Harrisburg, PA 17102 
717.787.6176 (P) | 717.772.1629 (F) 
ddenotaris at pa.gov 

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