Hearing loss increasing across the U.S.
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(ABC 6 News) – New research suggests more than two-thirds of adults over 71 have at least some hearing loss, but only about 30% use hearing aids.
And now, younger people are also at risk of hearing loss, with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that a fifth of Americans below the age of 30 have had their hearing damaged by noise.
We invited Dr. Amy Swain, an audiologist and the owner of Amy Swain Hearing Centers to tell us more about the “hearing epidemic.”