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Idaho Doctor Shares Ways To Detect And Treat Pediatric Hearing Loss

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An infant with a cochlear implant.

This interview originally aired May 16, 2019.

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month and Idaho Matters looks at ways to detect and treat pediatric hearing loss with Dr. Jess Stich-Hennen, a pediatric audiologist at St. Luke's, Susie Jones, a speech pathologist with St. Luke's and parent Gretchen Fors.

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