After your hearing care specialist assesses whether or not your loss stems from a medical condition, a hearing instrument evaluation may be necessary to determine if you are a candidate for improving your communication with hearing devices. Although hearing instruments do not provide normal hearing for users, they can help improve their quality of lives through better communication.
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Statistics
Chances are you may already know someone with diminished hearing. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (part of the National Institutes for Health)...
- Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have some type of hearing loss. That's more than 28,000,000 people!
- Over 31% of people over age 65 have some type of hearing loss.
- 65% of people with a hearing loss are below retirement age.
- 1 in 6 "Baby Boomers" (ages 42-55) has diminished hearing. Based on the significant number of individuals living in our society with a hearing loss, you should always be aware of the number of factors that can influence their ability to understand you.