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Target Audience For Hearing Loss
The aspect of hearing loss I am focusing on is congenital hearing loss. My target audience is for parents because they need to be aware of the real possibility of hearing loss in their child. It is important for them to know because they are the ones to take the steps in taking their child to a doctor for screening or other treatment that they may need. Even if their child does not experience hearing loss, it is still important to be aware of it and how to treat other children that may be living with hearing loss.

I am choosing to use a website as my format because I know that it is an easy platform for parents to share on social media. In addition, I know that things spread faster on the internet than word of mouth. If I were to actually

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