TOM'S SECRET NOW AVAILABLE FOR DEAF CHILDREN

A special version of the Tom's Secret video was launched with closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
Deaf children are at greater risk of sexual abuse than hearing children.

A special study on this topic was conducted by Marit Hoem Kvam, from SINTEF Halth Research Institute in Norway.
According to the study, deaf females reported sexual abuse with contact before the age of 18 years more than twice as often as hearing females, and deaf males more than three.

The type of abuse of deaf children was also more serious.

Very few cases were reported to parents, teachers or authorities.

In the United States, about 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children are born with hearing loss in one or both ears.