One in six suffering from hearing loss
Sixteen percent of adult Europeans suffer from hearing loss great enough to adversely affect their daily life. This is much higher than the previously generally assumed prevalence of 10 percent.
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 Quality of life
A scientific review of a large number of surveys shows that the use of hearing aids causes significant improvement in the quality of life of hearing impaired people. | | Hard-of-hearing out of job
In the UK, deaf or hard-of-hearing people are up to four times more likely to be unemployed than hearing people. A survey shows that 15% of deaf and hard-of-hearing people of working age are unemployed.
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Millions with tinnitus
40 - 50 million Americans experience tinnitus. Tinnitus is estimated to affect between 10% and 20% of all Americans. 10 per cent of all English adults have experienced spontaneous tinnitus lasting more than five minutes. | | High tech computers
Hearing aid technology is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly advanced. Modern hearing aids are small high-tech computers, constantly being refined and developed to provide better reproduction of natural human hearing.
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