Thank you, Neil.
That is true.
Children with hearing disabilities are not happy in Japan. WHO’s Grades of hearing impairment are as follows; https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6796665/
However, in Japan, 1) the average pure-tone hearing level in both ears is 70 dB or higher or 2) the average pure-tone hearing level in one ear is 90 dB or higher, and the average pure-tone hearing level in the other ear is 50 dB or higher, these are the minimal standard to be recognised as the health care support including hearing aids and other equipment provided at
public expense.
Can you accept this unbelievably limited standard?
Hajime from Japan
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Hajime Takeuchi is a professor at the Bukkyo University in Japan. Professional interests: child health, child poverty, child wellbeing. takechanespid@gmail.com He is a CHIFA Country Representative for Japan and a member of the CHIFA Steering Group (child health and rights) http://www.hifa.org/support/members/hajime takechanespid AT gmail.com