Public Comment - Healthy People 2020

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Objectives Retained As Is From Healthy People 2010
ENT-VSL HP2020–1:	Decrease otitis media in children and adolescents.
ENT-VSL HP2020–2:	Increase the proportion of persons with hearing impairments who have ever used a hearing aid or assistive listening devices or who have cochlear implants.
ENT-VSL HP2020–3:	Increase the proportion of persons who have had a hearing examination on schedule.
ENT-VSL HP2020–4:	Increase the number of persons who are referred by their primary care physician or other health care provider for hearing evaluation and treatment.
ENT-VSL HP2020–5:	Increase the use of ear protection devices.
ENT-VSL HP2020–6:	Reduce the proportion of adolescents who have elevated hearing thresholds, or audiometric notches, in high frequencies (3, 4, or 6 kHz) in both ears, signifying noise-induced hearing loss.
ENT-VSL HP2020–7:	Reduce the proportion of adults who have elevated hearing thresholds, or audiometric notches, in high frequencies (3, 4, or 6 kHz) in both ears, signifying noise-induced hearing loss.

Objectives Retained But Modified From Healthy People 2010
ENT-VSL HP2020–8:	Increase the proportion of newborns who are screened for hearing loss by no later than age 1 month, have audiologic evaluation by age 3 months, and are enrolled in appropriate intervention services by age 6 months.

Objectives New to Healthy People 2020
ENT-VSL HP2020–9:	Increase the proportion for adults bothered by tinnitus who have seen a doctor or other health care professionals.
ENT-VSL HP2020–10:	Increase the proportion of adults, for whom tinnitus is a moderate to severe problem, who have tried appropriate treatments.
ENT-VSL HP2020–11:	Increase the proportion of adults with balance or dizziness problems in the past 12 months who have seen a health care provider.
ENT-VSL HP2020–12:	Increase the proportion of adults with moderate to severe balance or dizziness problems who have seen or been referred to a health care specialist for evaluation or treatment.
ENT-VSL HP2020–13:	Increase the proportion of persons who have tried recommended methods for treating their balance or dizziness problems.
ENT-VSL HP2020–14:	Reduce the proportion of adults with balance and dizziness problems who experienced negative or adverse outcomes in the past 12 months.
ENT-VSL HP2020–15:	Reduce the proportion of adults with balance and dizziness problems who have fallen and been injured.
ENT-VSL HP2020–16:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults with chemosensory (smell or taste) disorders who have seen a health care provider about their disorder in the past 12 months.
ENT-VSL HP2020–17:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults who have tried recommended methods of treating their smell or taste disorders in the past 12 months to improve their condition.
ENT-VSL HP2020–18:	(Developmental) Reduce the proportion of adults with chemosensory (smell or taste) disorders who as a result have experienced a negative impact on their general health status, work, or quality of life in the past 12 months.
ENT-VSL HP2020–19:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of persons with communication problems or disorders who have seen a speech-language pathologist (SLP) for evaluation or treatment.
ENT-VSL HP2020–20:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of persons with communication disorders of voice, swallowing, speech, or language who have participated in rehabilitation services.
ENT-VSL HP2020–21:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of young children with phonological disorders, language delay, or other developmental language problems who have participated in speech-language or other intervention services.
ENT-VSL HP2020–22:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of persons with communication disorders in the past 12 months whose personal or social functioning at home, school, or work improved after participation in speech-language therapy or other rehabilitative or intervention services.
ENT-VSL HP2020–23:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of persons with hearing loss and other sensory or communication disorders who have used Internet resources for health care information, guidance, or advice in the past 12 months.


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Hearing and Other Sensory or Communication Disorders (Ear, Nose Throat - Voice, Speech, and Language)

Objectives Retained As Is From Healthy People 2010

Objectives Retained But Modified From Healthy People 2010

Objectives New to Healthy People 2020

Hearing and Other Sensory or Communication Disorders
(Ear, Nose Throat - Voice, Speech, and Language)