About Hearing Loss
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Today 1 in 10 Americans – 30 million people –
experience some degree of hearing loss. Hearing is
essential to full enjoyment and participation in life and
it is largely ignored. Hearing loss is the third leading
chronic health condition among Americans, after
arthritis and high blood pressure.
Prolonged or loud noise such as car horns, jet
planes, portable stereos, lawn mowers and office
equipment appear to have overtaken age as a cause
of hearing loss in the U.S., at least for the Baby
Boomer generation. About 40% OF THE HEARING
IMPAIRED ARE YOUNGER THEN 65 – and Baby
Boomers themselves are the fastest-growing group
to suffer hearing loss today.
Unfortunately, the problem of hearing loss is
“growing younger”. Approximately 15% of recent
college graduates have as much or more hearing loss
than their parents. And over two million Americans
with hearing loss are under the age of 18.
Among all known causes: noise exposure, viruses,
head trauma, aging, diseases, birth, and injury, as
well as drugs toxic to the auditory system, genetic
syndromes and tumors hearing loss can affect any
age at any time.
experience some degree of hearing loss. Hearing is
essential to full enjoyment and participation in life and
it is largely ignored. Hearing loss is the third leading
chronic health condition among Americans, after
arthritis and high blood pressure.
Prolonged or loud noise such as car horns, jet
planes, portable stereos, lawn mowers and office
equipment appear to have overtaken age as a cause
of hearing loss in the U.S., at least for the Baby
Boomer generation. About 40% OF THE HEARING
IMPAIRED ARE YOUNGER THEN 65 – and Baby
Boomers themselves are the fastest-growing group
to suffer hearing loss today.
Unfortunately, the problem of hearing loss is
“growing younger”. Approximately 15% of recent
college graduates have as much or more hearing loss
than their parents. And over two million Americans
with hearing loss are under the age of 18.
Among all known causes: noise exposure, viruses,
head trauma, aging, diseases, birth, and injury, as
well as drugs toxic to the auditory system, genetic
syndromes and tumors hearing loss can affect any
age at any time.
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