Hearing loss is one of the most common attributes of aging. One in four adults age 65 and over and one in three adults age 75 and over have a hearing loss. Hearing loss is more common among men then women. Nearly half of all men age 75 and older have a hearing loss compared to less than a third of all women of the same age. Modern technology offers individuals with hearing loss options for rehabilitation and assistance with hearing. The electronic age with its amplification of sound has also created new risks for hearing impairment and the need for greater awareness between generations of the potential hazards of excessive noise.

Age Page, Hearing and Old People
(National Institute on Aging)
http://www.nih.gov/nia/health/agepages/hearing.htm 

Hearing Loss and Older Adults
(National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/pubs_hb/older.htm 

Audiology Awareness Campaign  Hearing Help Section
(Audiology Awareness Campaign)
http://www.audiologyawareness.com/hhelp/ 

Ten Ways to Recognize Hearing Loss
(National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/pubs_hb/10ways.htm 

Your Guide to Better Hearing
(Better Hearing Institute)
http://www.betterhearing.org/yourguid.htm 

Physical Changes of Aging
(Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida)
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_HE019 

Noise Induced Hearing Loss
(National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders)
http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/www/76cvr.html 

Presbycusis
(National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/pubs_hb/presbycusis.htm 

Tinnitus
(National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/pubs_hb/tinnitus.htm 

Assistive Listening Devices
(Hard of Hearing Avocates)
http://hohadvocates.org/assistive_listening_devices.htm 

Hearing Aids
(National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders)
http://www.nih.gov/nidcd/health/pubs_hb/hearingaid.htm 

How to Buy A Hearing Aid
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
http://www.asha.org/consumers/brochures/hearing_aid.htm 

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)
http://tap.gallaudet.edu/trs.htm 

Telecommunications Relay Services
http://www.fcc.gov/cib/dro/trs.html 

Telecommunications Relay Service Directory
http://www.fcc.gov/cib/dro/trsphonebk.html 

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://www.agbell.org/ 

American Tinnitus Association
http://www.ata.org/ 

Better Hearing Institute
http://www.betterhearing.org/ 

Ear Surgery Information Center
http://www.earsurgery.org/ 

Hard of Hearing Advocates
http://hohadvocates.org/ 

Hearing Alliance of America
http://www.hearingalliance.com/ 

H.E.A.R. Net (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers)
http://www.hearnet.com/ 

International Hearing Association
http://www.hearingihs.org/framed.htm 

League for the Hard of Hearing
http://www.lhh.org/ 

National Hearing Conservation Association
http://www.hearingconservation.org/ 

Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People
http://www.shhh.org/ 

Sight and Hearing Association
http://www.sightandhearing.org/ 

Academy of Dispensing Audiologists
http://www.audiologist.org/ 

American Academy of Audiologists
http://www.audiology.org/ 

American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology
http://www.aappspa.org/ 

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org/ 

Division 15, Gerontology
http://www.asha.org/sidivisions/sid%5F15.htm 

National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/ 

Demographic Aspects of Hearing Impairment: Questions and Answers Third Edition, 1994 (GallaudetUniversity)
http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Demography/factsheet.html 

Disabilities/Impairments (National Center for Health Statistics)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/disable.htm 

Hearing Impairment and Elderly People (Office of Technology Assessment)
http://www.ota.nap.edu/pdf/data/1986/8608.PDF 

Research and Training Center for Hearing and Balance (John Hopkins University)
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/labs/chb/ 

Fay and Carl Simons Center for Biology of Hearing and Deafness
(Washington University) 
http://www.cid.wustl.edu/index.asp?tabs=/research/tabs.htm&body=/research/intro.htm&menu=
/research/menu.htm 

Oregon Hearing Research Center and Tinnitus Clinics
http://www.ohsu.edu/ohrc/index.html 

Technology Assessment Program
http://tap.gallaudet.edu/ 

BMC: 2/12/01

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