Hearing Loss by The Numbers
- 28.6 million Americans are hearing-impaired, which corresponds to 10.3% of the American population.
- Only 22.2 percent (one in five) of hearing-impaired Americans actually use hearing aids, which corresponds to 6.3 million hearing aid users.
- One in ten people hear so poorly that they could benefit from hearing aid use.
- Approximately half of all hearing-impaired people are of working age
- Early signs of hearing loss are generally first noticed between the ages of 40 and 60
- In the 60 and over age group, every third person suffers from hearing loss.
- In the age group of 80 and over, the incidence of hearing impairment is greater than 50%.