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Causes
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Among
health issues, hearing impairment is one of the easiest ones
to ignore, because while it is annoying, it can take many years
for it to become debilitating. Also because hearing impairment
is usually a gradual process, you don’t even realize how
much you are missing. The average length of time between
the onset of hearing loss and when a person first seeks help
is seven years. However, hearing impairment can
and will affect every aspect of your life just as dramatically
as other health problems.
- 28,000,000
- the number of Americans with some degree of hearing loss
- 10% -
the percentage of the population with hearing loss
- #1
– where hearing loss ranks among chronic disabilities
- 7,000,000
- the number of children in American with hearing loss
- 8,000,000 –
the number of people between the ages of 18 and 44 with hearing
loss
- 14%
- the percentage of people between 45 and 64 with hearing loss
- 30%-
the percentage of people over the age of 65 with hearing loss
- #1
– type of hearing loss is sensorineural hearing loss ---
“nerve” deafness
- 95%
- the percentage of individuals with hearing impairment that
can receive correction/rehabilitation with hearing devices
- 16%
- the percentage of physicians that routinely screen for hearing
loss
- $56,000,000
- the estimated annual cost of lost productivity, special education
and medical care due to untreated hearing loss
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