Did you know?

Over 40 million Americans currently suffer from hearing impairment

Only 20% of the hearing impaired are currently wearing hearing aids.

Over 60% of the hearing impaired have never had a medical examination to find out why their hearing is impaired.

Of those who do get an audiological exam, 70% do not receive a comprehensive Audiological exam.

One study has shown that over 80% of hearing impaired persons who receive proper and regular professional care are successful hearing aid users.

Almost 30% of the people over 65 years of age have a hearing disorder. This rises to almost 40% for those over 75 years of age.

Tinnitus (ringing or noise in the ears or head) plagues 17% of the general population, 30% of whom do not have hearing loss.

Tinnitus retraining therapy offers the highest success rate (840/c) of any available tinnitus treatment.

Recent research shows that a significant percentage of those of adults with diabetes who also go on to develop sensorineural hearing loss, have a specific mitochondrial defect. The association between diabetes mellitus hearing loss and mitochondrial mutations have been confirmed. Audiologists need to be part of the evaluation and periodic monitoring of diabetic patients.

Performing vestibular assessment on patients with balance disorders and vestibular rehabilitation programs for these patients is a service which ASA provides.

If you think that you or someone you love might be suffering from hearing loss, please contact us, another qualified audiologist, or your family doctor for a referral. In almost every case hearing loss can be treated. There is no reason to suffer unnecessarily.