[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 171 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     CHILDHOOD CANCER HEARING LOSS

  (Mr. BUDD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BUDD. Madam Speaker, over 15,000 American children are diagnosed 
with cancer every year. Having the most innocent among us receive such 
a gut-wrenching diagnosis is devastating.
  Thankfully, incredible progress has been made in treating cancer 
among children. As more kids become survivors, we need to make a 
concerted effort to improve their lives and to strive to develop 
treatments that do not carry permanent side effects.
  For example, I have constituents whose children have experienced 
permanent hearing loss, which can occur when young patients undergo 
chemotherapy. That is why I recently sent a letter to the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality asking them to identify any research 
efforts to reverse this loss of hearing.
  We owe it to our young survivors to help them thrive and maintain a 
high quality of life. I encourage Federal researchers to keep producing 
the medical miracles that will help our kids prevail in the fight 
against cancer.

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