An estimate from the World Health Organization (WHO) states that 466 million people worldwide are living with disabling hearing loss. About 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss (about 20 percent of the population) and roughly 40 percent of them are...
An estimated that 48 million Americans are living with some degree of hearing loss, with 60-69-year olds being the largest population affected. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) reports that social isolation affects nearly 1 in 5 older adults....