난청족’ 생소한 명칭일지 모르나 힐러리 클린턴 상원의 원의 대선전략 책임자로 활동했던 마크펜(Mark J. Penn) 에 의하면‘2000년도 청력손실이 있는 미국인의 숫자는 거의 3,000만명에 이른다’라고4) 보고하면서 제시한 단어이 다. The NewYork Times 인터넷 기사에서는‘Hearing Loss is Common, but Often Untreated’라 보도하였고,23) 세계보건기구(WHO)에서는 성인에서 유발되는 소음성난 청은 개인의 사회적 고립에서 많은 국가적 경제 부담까지 심각한 영향을 끼칠 수 있는‘15번째로 가장 심각한 건강 문제’라 말하고 있다.17) 이처럼 청력손실이 더 이상 개인의 건강문제가 아니라 보이지 않게 사회적 문제로 대두되
The new voucher system has been launched recently to provide better services for the impaired children. The specific regulation, control, and modification were needed in several areas in the current voucher system. Audiologic service should be considered as one of the key areas in this social service. Most developed countries has established and provided the hearing impaired children with the hearing service programs or audiology services through past transitional periods. In their programs, audiologists were indicated as key human resources and coordinators who could effectively manage the individuals with hearing disabilities. Thus, related parties and government needed to pay attention to the continued researches and supports on successful voucher system that included major disabilities. For these purposes, the article briefly reviewed the representative service programs in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia and suggested a prospective audiologic service model in the social service section in Korea for the successful voucher system establishment. KEY WORDS：Aural rehabilitation service model·Audiologist·Voucher system.
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