Do You Need a Hearing Aid?

The answer may surprise you. There are millions of people who could benefit from a hearing aid


but have never seen an audiologist or discussed their partial hearing loss with their doctors. According to the National Center for Health Statistics

(part of the Centers for Disease Control), only one in five people who could improve their hearing through the use of hearing aids actually wears them.

You may also be surprised by the variety of people who have hearing loss. Although both sexes lose some level of hearing over time, men experience diminished hearing about 10 percent more often then women of the same age. Men are also less likely to see the doctor or get hearing aids.

It’s estimated that twenty-eight million Americans have some kind of hearing loss. That’s an impressive number, and many of them are individuals who are still in their thirties and forties. In fact, one out of twelve people have already become hearing impaired by the time they are thirty years old. As age increases so does the need for a hearing aid. Sixty-five percent of the people who would benefit from hearing aids are below retirement age, which can have a definite impact on their careers. By the time Americans are 75 years old, 45 percent of them have significant hearing loss.