More than 24 million people in the United States have a significant loss of hearing.

Approximately 40% of the hearing impaired are under the age of 65.

The older one becomes, the greater the incidence.

Approximately 2 million are under the age of 18.

Hearing loss is the third leading chronic disability following arthritis and hypertension.

15% of college graduates have a level of hearing loss equal to or greater than their parents.

60% of hearing loss is genetic.

1 in 31 is a carrier of the deficit gene for hearing loss.

12 million people in the United States have hearing aids.

Of the 12 million who have hearing aids, only 6 million actually wear their hearing aids 8 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

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