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Healthy Hearing is changing lives in communities across the globe by providing free hearing screenings and other medical services, including ear wax removal, swim molds, hearing aid maintenance and minor repairs for people with intellectual disabilities.

Importance and Impact of Athletes

Healthy Hearing screenings have found that a large percentage of Special Olympics athletes have untreated ear and hearing conditions.

40%

have blocked or partially blocked ear canals

25%

failed Puretone hearing examinations

7%

have permanent hearing loss