About Hearing Loss
About Hearing Loss
HearUSA Rolls Out AARP Hearing Care Program Nationwide
The AARP Hearing Care Program from HearUSA is available exclusively to AARP members and is designed to help the millions of Americans age 50 and over who suffer from hearing loss. While 95 percent of Americans with hearing loss could be successfully treated with hearing aids, only about 22 percent (6.35 million) currently use them, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America.

Hear the World Survey Reveals Growing Noise Pollution Affecting both Physical and Mental Health
Ongoing exposure to loud sounds found to cause gradual hearing loss, stress and aggression

Test for hearing loss
Hearing loss can be caused by a lot of different things, and the most successful chances a person has of reversing it is by diagnosing it early on. Hearing loss can be a side effect of some disease, medication or can be caused by being exposed to loud sounds. Having malfunctioning hearing or ear parts ever since you were born is also a big possibility with hearing loss.



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Listening Up in a Down Economy: Hearing Aids Prove to Be Effective 'Job Preserver' in Economic Tsunami
As millions struggle to hang on to their jobs in a tumultuous economy, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) reminds American workers that maximizing their ability to hear well is a smart job security strategy. Treating hearing loss early is critical for optimal job performance. To facilitate a timely hearing test for American workers, BHI is offering an online hearing test (http://www.betterhearing.org/hearing_loss/quickHearingCheck.cfm) where people can quickly assess if they need a more comprehensive hearing check by a hearing professional.

BHI Urges Teachers to Help Children with Unaddressed Hearing Loss
As schools across America open their doors for the start of the new academic year, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging teachers and educators to stay alert to the needs of children with unaddressed hearing loss. This call to action comes in response to the findings of a national study--Are 1 Million Dependents with Hearing Loss in America Being Left Behind?--in which BHI found that America's children are paying a high price for the pitfalls in how parents, educators, the healthcare community, and policymakers are addressing hearing loss in our youth.

Millions Will Suffer From Untreated Hearing Loss in 2010 Unless Hearing Care is Recognized as Medical Necessity
Only one in four of the 36 million Amercans with hearing loss have hearing aids. A top hearing care executive is calling for hearing care to be treated as a medical necessity so many of the 27 million with untreated hearing loss could receive the help they need.

Diabetics Twice as Likely to Have Hearing Loss; HearUSA Centers to Offer Free Hearing Screening and Diabetes Video in March
Diabetics are twice as likely to have hearing loss, according to a National Institutes of Health study. Five million Americans with diabetes may be suffering from hearing loss that is undetected and untreated. The HearUSA hearing care centers will be offering free hearing screenings to diabetics.


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