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CDC sees hearing program’s results

CDC sees hearing program’s results

GIFF JOHNSON A team from the US Centers for Disease Control was impressed with the work of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program following a visit to Ebeye and Majuro earlier this month. Marcus Gaffney, the team leader from CDC’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) section at CDC, and Eric Cahill, a health […]

Ebeye’s new hearing services

Ebeye’s new hearing services

State-of-the art hearing health care services have arrived at Ebeye’s Leiroj Kitlang Memorial Health Center. Ebeye hospital administration identified space that was modified for a sound-controlled three-room auditory (hearing) test suite. The suite is equipped with the latest in auditory test equipment, permitting a full range of pure tone and speech testing, analysis of middle-ear […]