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Why Is Hearing Device Wear Time So Important?

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Wear time makes a BIG difference for children learning to listen and talk.

Babies with typical hearing can hear everything around them at all times. You can provide your baby with the best possible access to all of those sounds of speech by keeping their hearing devices on from the moment they wake up.

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Research shows children who wear their hearing aids or cochlear implants for 10-12 hours per day make the most progress in learning to listen and talk.1

1Tomblin JB, Harrison M, Ambrose SE, Walker EA, Oleson JJ, Moeller MP. Language Outcomes in Young Children with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss. Ear Hear. 2015 Nov-Dec;36 Suppl 1(0 1):76S-91S. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000219. PMID: 26731161; PMCID: PMC4704115.

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