Senator Harkin has been a long-time champion of hearing health issues since joining the Senate in 1985, and Senator Heller has emerged as the new Republican champion in the Senate after Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) retired in December. The reintroduction effort was supported by joint teams from HIA and the Hearing Loss Association of America during Hearing on the Hill (HOTH) earlier this year, as well as by HOTH teams from the major hearing-related professional organizations, including the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and the International Hearing Society (IHS). For details on the legislation, and to contact your Senator to urge him/her to support the bill, visit www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org.
Source: HIA