3.1 Hearing aids and hearing aid
services and supplies may be covered for
those dependents
of Active Duty
Family Service Members
(
ADFMsADSMs)
or
child dependents of former members of the Uniformed Services enrolled
in TRICARE Prime with a profound hearing loss as described
below.
Benefits underAs
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 calendar 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.