There is NO Republican plan to abolish hearing aids. There is a Republican proposal for 7% in across-the-board state spending cuts. Some Dmeocrat noticed that 7% of some program was equivalent tot eh amount spent on hearing aids for kids and decided to leap to the conclusion that they would there for be lined out.
That would be like me telling my wife we need to cut 2% of family expenses. If she was a legislative Democrat she would notice that 2% of the family income was spent on milk. She could then go to her friends and declare that I wanted to eliminate milk from the family budget.
THAT my friends is how they come up with their conclusions that we want to take away people's legs and ears...