• 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.