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 The purpose of the Now Hear This! Fund is to advance the quality of life
and treatment for people experiencing hearing loss. The Fund will
accomplish this through improved patient resources, clinical care,
education and research.
Impaired hearing can cause significant developmental and integration
problems for children and young people, as well as drastically reduce
the quality of life of individuals experiencing hearing loss at later
stages in life.
These consequences often include withdrawal from social, family and work
arenas,
with related increases in rates of depression. Currently, some 31
million Americans
have hearing loss; with the Baby Boomer generation reaching retirement,
this
number is expected to double by the year 2030.
The Now Hear This! Fund, through partnerships with the University of
Illinois Divisions of Audiology and Otology, hopes to help these
patients.
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