Facts About Hearing Loss

Learning Objective

Inform you about hearing loss statistics related to:• Age• Noise• Birth• Prevalence• Lack of prevention

Have You Heard?

• 1 out of 10 people have some degree of hearing loss!1,2

Have You Heard?

• More than 30 million Americans are exposed to dangerous levels of noise on a regular basis!3

Have You Heard?

• Every day in the U.S. approximately 33 babies each day are born with profound deafness4

Have You Heard?

• Listening to an MP3 Player at high volumes over time can cause permanent damage to hearing.5

Have You Heard?

• The number of Americans with a hearing loss has evidentially doubled during the past 30 years.5

Have You Heard?

• Some toys are so loud that over time they can cause hearing damage in children.6

Have You Heard?

• The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age, up to 1 in 3 over age 65.7

Next Steps

• Help prevent noise induced hearing loss by sharing this information with your friends and loved ones!

• Insure they wear hearing protection!• Educate them about loud volume.

References

• Better Hearing Institute: http://www.betterhearing.org/press/pdfs/celeb_outreach_pkg.pdf Accessed April 13, 2011

• International Hearing Society: http://www.ihsinfo.org/IhsV2/News_Info/030_Introducing_AHHT.cfm Accessed April 13, 2011

• http://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/press/Pages/nihlfacts.aspx accessed April 28, 2011 • http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/factsheets.aspAccessed April 30, 2011 • http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Prevalence-and-Incidence-of-Hearing-Loss-in-Adults/

Accessed April 28, 2011 • http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Noisy-Toys/ Accessed April 28, 2011 • http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/factsheets.asp Accessed April 30, 2011