{"id":11732,"date":"2010-09-20T03:02:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=11732"},"modified":"2010-09-20T04:31:02","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T09:31:02","slug":"hearing-aid-tax-credit-texas-rally-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/09\/20\/hearing-aid-tax-credit-texas-rally-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aid Tax Credit: Texas Rally Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hearing Aid Tax Credit: Texas Rally Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, September 17, 2010<\/p>\n

Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) urged a capacity crowd of 120 Texas Hearing Aid Tax
\nCredit supporters to help him work for passage of the bill (H.R. 1646) in
\nthe final months of this Congressional session or in the new Congress that
\nwill convene in January. The August 20 dinner event was hosted in Sugar
\nLand, TX by the state chapters of the Alexander Graham Bell Assn for the
\nDeaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) and the Hearing Loss Assn of America
\n(HLAA) with sponsorship by Hearing Industries Association\u00a0(HIA).<\/p>\n

Rep. Olson thanked the audience for all of their hard work in support of
\nH.R. 1646, and noted how important it is to have attracted 125 House
\nco-sponsors. He added that enacting legislation is “a very laborious
\nprocess” but that the bill\u2019s wide bi-partisan support makes it easier to
\nattract the attention of House leadership when major tax legislation is
\nconsidered.<\/p>\n

As part of the program, several local residents from the Sugar Land area
\ndescribed the effectiveness of their hearing aids and emphasized the
\ndifficulties related to the lack of financial assistance when hearing aids
\nare needed. They identified passage of the Hearing Aid Tax Credit as
\ncritical to their ability to access the hearing assistance technology they
\nrely on in their daily lives. Local children also led the group in the
\nPledge of Allegiance to start the program.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the event, local resident Chanda Allen described how hearing
\naids had enabled her son, who was diagnosed with hearing loss at birth, to
\n\u201cdevelop speech and language abilities that are as good as a child born with
\nnormal hearing.\u201d She also emphasized how important it is to fit children
\nwith hearing aids as early as possible after hearing loss is identified, and
\nadded that the tax credit would be a big help, especially since hearing aids
\nare likely to be a recurring expense for her son.<\/p>\n

Porter, TX resident, Donny Atwell, described how he developed a hearing loss
\nin his 40s having worked near loud machinery for most of his life. He
\nreported that \u201cwithout my hearing aids, I would not be able to participate
\nwith my family and friends at all,\u201d and that he would really appreciate the
\ntax relief that H.R. 1646 would provide.<\/p>\n

The event was the tenth in a series of grassroots initiatives in support of
\nthe Hearing Aid Tax Credit sponsored by HIA in partnership with HLAA, AG
\nBell, IHS and supported by ASHA, AAA and ADA. Other successful events have
\nbeen held in California, Michigan, Maryland, Nevada, Pennsylvania and
\nWisconsin.<\/p>\n

The Hearing Aid Tax Credit currently has 125 co-sponsors in the U.S. House
\nof Representatives, including 15 members of the Ways and Means Committee,
\nand 10 co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

Visit http:\/\/www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n

Source:
\n http:\/\/www.healthyhearing.com\/releases\/47570-hearing-aid-tax-credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hearing Aid Tax Credit: Texas Rally Update Friday, September 17, 2010 Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) urged a capacity crowd of 120 Texas Hearing Aid Tax Credit supporters to help him work for passage of the bill (H.R. 1646) in the…<\/p>\n

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