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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are live on capitol hill this morning for a discussion on concussions in youth sports. parents and medical experts will be testifying this morning before the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. talking about research efforts and what s being done to protect young athletes from injury. this is live coverage on c-span2. it should start in just a moment or two. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] tight schedule on tights. we re here on committees ongoing examination of concussions. this hearing follows initial roundtable we had in march where we had constructive dialogue with leading experts in the field how to challenge concussions. today s hearing focus on youth sports, specifically areas of prevention and research. while there is always particularly sports at young age shown to have many benefits. benefits of youth sports participation, better health, increase ....
complete schedule. next, house hearing on efforts to protect you from sports concussions. then a house hearing on the government accessing social media is part of background checks for some employees. after that, pentagon briefing pentagon briefing on the fight against isis and a briefing on the annual report on china s military. now, to mother s testify before a house energy and commerce a subcommittee about concussions in youth sports. their sons died after suffering multiple concussions. the hearing also addressed current research and efforts to protect young athletes from injury. this is two and a half hours. we are on a tight schedule today with votes. the morning and welcome to the oversight and investigation hearing. we re we re here to continue the ongoing examination of concussions. the hearing follows an initial table we had in march but we had a constructive dialogue with leading experts on how to address the challenge of concussions. we ll focus on y ....
very important. this slide shows that we actually had a big success when it comes to managing high school athlete concussions. in 2007-2008 academic year, 30% of athletes diagnosed with a concussion return to play in less than seven days which is a violation of return to play guidelines and disturbingly 8% return to play the same day they were injured, that is unacceptable. look at how things have improved. last year in 2014-2015, less than 2% return to the same day they were injured. this is a result of prevention. not equipment prevention, but education and regulation prevention. effective prevention in public health, we talk about three legs of a stool, equipment is one piece in terms of concussion, but educating individuals and providing good, strong policy policy based on evidence are the other two legs. i would love to come away from the efforts of this committee, incredibly important efforts, with the ability to do this work at the youth level. currently, no ....
janz, i am the mom to jake s naked burg. my son was your typical all-american boy devoted to sports, his friends, and her family. jake was often referred to as her social butterfly. he had a big heart and genuinely cared for those in his life. he had a joy about him that others could not resist. his a big a big brother summed it up best when he said jake drank up life like it was pouring from a fire hose. he gave 110% and everything, especially sports. on september 18, 2004 jake got up at 6:15 a.m. in anticipation of his freshman football game. he loved football and all its offered, the physical challenge, this spirit of competition, and most of all the friendship that were involved. he was excited about playing this game because he had been held out of a few practices because the week prior he had suffered an injury where his arms and hands went numb and tingly. what he described to us sounded like maybe he tweaked his core strength is now. he had had not lost consciou ....
[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] speemac, thank thank you we are going to move right away so we want to give everyone the opportunity to testify. i would like to introduce the witness for the second panel. we have mr. eugene buddy, we ll eat up the second panel he has been head football coach at dartmouth college since 2004. he has implemented non- contacted practices. i believe you are also a teammate of of the famous coach from howard university named tim murphy. he is my twin. my like to welcome doctor andrew gregory. mr. kevin of usa hockey, he has 20 years experience as a certified athletic trainer now serves as manager player safety at u.s. hockey. next mr. steve, he has served as executive director and no president ceo of la crosse since 1998. then mr. terry o neill was the founder and ceo of practice like prose, s mission is to educate high school coaches on alternative practice regimens. next, doctor dawn comstock who is asked associate profess ....