The vast majority of Americans (95%) with hearing loss have their hearing loss treated with hearing aids. Only 5% of hearing loss in adults can be improved through medical or surgical treatment.
Modern directional hearing aids can now help the hard-of-hearing to hear in noisy situations.
Amplified telephones are now available to help people with hearing loss. Auditory assistive listening devices when combined with hearing aids are much like binoculars for the ear.
Most public places (i.e. movie, place of worship, government building, schools) are required under the American with Disabilities Act to provide assistive listening devices for the hard-of-hearing.
Nearly 90% of hearing aids are digital.
Telecoils in hearing aids improve the ability to hear in public places and on the telephone.
75% of people with hearing loss in both ears use two (binaural) hearing aids.
One of the key determinants of success with hearing aids are realistic expectations.
Successful treatment of hearing loss with hearing aids is associated with greater earning power.
Treatment of hearing loss will improve interpersonal relationships.
Hard-of-hearing people are less likely to be discriminated against if they use hearing aids.
The use of hearing aids is associated with reductions in anger, frustration, paranoia, anxiety and overall improvements in emotional stability.
Most people who use hearing aids have improved social lives.
The use of hearing aids is associated with improved perceptions of the hard-of-hearing’s mental ability.
People who use hearing aids report better health than hard-of-hearing people who do not use hearing aids.
9 out of 10 hearing aid users report improvements in their quality of life.
Customer satisfaction with directional hearing aids is 81%.
A wax protection system on hearing aids reduces hearing aid repairs by 50%.
Consumers report a 92% satisfaction with hearing healthcare professionals.
One of the best ways to get a loved one to seek help for their hearing loss is to stop being their hearing helper!
Only 13% of physicians screen for hearing loss. Ask your doctor for a hearing screening since it is not a routine part of physical exams.
The majority of people with nerve deafness are helped with hearing aids.
A large number of people with Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) can be helped with masking devices worn like hearing aids.
Even people born deaf can learn to hear with cochlear implants.
