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South Dakota Services for the Deaf details mobile audiology clinic and statewide outreach
Summary
Director Cammie Van Sickle described audiology screenings, outreach consultative services and a new mobile audiology lab that expands access in rural schools; SDSD reported nearly 27,000 screenings and a master caseload increase to 691 children statewide.
Cammie Van Sickle, director of South Dakota Services for the Deaf (SDSD), briefed the appropriations committee on outreach, audiology and direct-service work that the agency provides to families and schools statewide.
SDSD operates pediatric audiology clinics in Rapid City and Sioux Falls and employs audiology assistants who travel to schools and daycares to provide hearing screenings. Van Sickle told the committee SDSD—s audiology assistants conducted nearly 27,000 screenings last year at 229 locations, an increase of about 5,000…
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