Answers to common questions about hearing loss, hearing care, and amplification. A bout one in ten people experience hearing loss. Millions benefit from hearing care and hearing instruments. Hearing rehabilitation programs or hearing instruments will not restore normal hearing, or prevent or improve a hearing impairment caused by organic conditions. But proper care and amplification can help hearing-impaired people reclaim many sounds that would otherwise be lost to them.
Many people have a hard time believing, or accepting, that they have a hearing loss.
Part of the reason may be that hearing loss is associated with age. Most people don't want to appear older than they feel. But one need not to be old to experience hearing loss. Because of machine noise, loud music and other by-products of our noisy age, a growing number of people are experiencing hearing loss well before retirement. H earing loss occurs gradually, and it's not always easy to determine if you're experiencing it.