3.1 Hearing aids and hearing aid
services and supplies may be covered for
those Active
Duty Family Members (ADFMs) dependents
of Active Duty Service Members (ADSMs) or child dependents of former members
of the Uniformed Services enrolled in TRICARE Prime with
a profound hearing loss as described below.
Benefits
under As used in this Section
are
only available for a “dependent
s of
a member of the Uniformed Services on active duty
”,
to include
s all members covered
under the Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP).
3.1.1 Profound hearing loss (adult).
An “adult” (a spouse as defined in
32 CFR 199.3(b) of
a member of the Uniformed Services on active duty for more than
30 days) with a hearing threshold of:
3.1.1.1 40 dB HL or greater in one
or both ears when tested at 500, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 3,000, or 4,000Hz;
or
3.1.1.2 26 dB HL or greater in one
or both ears at any three or more of those frequencies; or
3.1.1.3 A speech recognition score
less than 94%.
3.1.2 Profound
hearing loss (child). A “child” (an unmarried child of an
active
duty member ADSM or former member of the
Uniformed Services enrolled in TRICARE Prime) who otherwise
meets the criteria
, (including
age requirements
,) in
32
CFR 199.3 of this part) with a 26dB HL or greater hearing threshold
level or one or both ears when tested in the frequency range at
500, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, or 4,000Hz.