Hearing Loss Resources
Mayo Clinic: Hearing Loss Resource
Learn about the symptoms, causes and risk factors that come along with hearing loss. Mayo Clinic provides a complete overview to everything you need to know:
Gradual hearing loss that occurs as you age (presbycusis) is common. According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated one-third of Americans between the ages of 65 and 75 and close to one-half of those older than 75 have some degree of hearing loss.
Doctors believe that heredity and chronic exposure to loud noises are the main factors that contribute to hearing loss over time. Other factors, such as earwax blockage, can prevent your ears from conducting sounds as well as they should. Learn more from Mayo Clinic about hearing loss.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Hearing Aids and Hearing Devices Resource
The ASLHA provides detailed information on hearing aids, hearing loss treatment and more.
Hearing Aids
Research shows that hearing loss can affect relationships, school performance, job productivity and emotional well being. For the estimated 28 million children and adults in the United States who have a hearing loss, selecting the most suitable hearing aids can be the critical factor to enjoying life to its fullest.
Read more from the ASLHA.
Hearing Loss Association of America: Resource for Friends and Family of Someone with Hearing Loss
How Can I Tell if I or Someone I Know Has a Hearing Loss?
If you answer yes to some of the following questions, you may have a hearing loss
Do you or someone you know …
- Often ask people to repeat what they say?
- Have trouble hearing in groups?
- Think others mumble?
- Fail to hear someone talking from behind you?
- Turn up the volume on the TV or car radio?
- Read more at HearingLoss.org.
