Maximus to Oversee California’s Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
Maximus was awarded a contract by the California Public Utilities Commission to administer the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
Maximus was awarded a contract by the California Public Utilities Commission to administer the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
Researcher and author Larry Humes, PhD, points out that large-scale studies have identified self-reported hearing difficulties as one of the strongest predictors of hearing aid uptake and use. He says this further reinforces the need for the older consumer and the hearing care professional to quantify the severity of hearing difficulties above and beyond those captured by the pure-tone audiogram.
When new users were fitted with Own Voice Processing (OVP), increased communication was self-reported in 75 of the 96 communication settings (78%) they nominated (via COSI). Only 4 of the 32 participants did not report increased communication in at least 1 of the 3 situations selected.