(Note AudioLink currently offers a number of headphones that are especially made to reduce environmental noise.) More than a third of all hearing loss is attributed to noise: loud music, loud workplaces, loud recreational equipment. Interestingly, after President Bill Clinton was fitted for a hearing aid, there was a significant increase of more than 1 million other baby boomers who identified themselves as experiencing hearing loss.Ĭurrent estimates are that there are more baby boomers (aged 45-64) with a hearing loss (approximately 10 million people) than there are hearing impaired persons in the age group of 65 and older (approximately 9 million). The social stigma of "aging" has prevented proper treatment for many sufferers. In the U.S., one out of twelve people who are 30-years-old are already hearing-impaired and one in eight people who are 50-years-old now suffer from hearing loss to some degree. Increasingly, due to recreational and environmental noise, hearing loss is occurring at younger and younger ages.Ĭonsider these facts: 28 million Americans are hearing impaired, and an estimated 500 million experience hearing loss, worldwide. Nor is this only a problem for people over 50. In fact for every person who might be legally classified as deaf, there are many more who are burdened by hearing impairment. Hearing loss is more common than you might think. Part 3 – Helpful Information on Hearing Loss
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