More than 28 million Americans experience hearing loss. Of these individuals approximately 22 million have never received professional help. According to the National Center for Health Statistics 14% of adults 45-65 years of age and 23% of adults 65-74 years of age have hearing loss. You may be the first link to the hearing impaired individual getting the proper attention he/she needs.

Hearing loss has been linked to isolation and withdrawal from social activities, depression, fatigue, stress and frustration. Needless to say, hearing loss impacts an individual's overall general health and well-being. Unfortunately, there is also a social stigma attached to hearing loss and the use of hearing aids — denoting old age and disability. These attitudes prevent many people from seeking help.

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The comments from friends and family regarding a patient's hearing should not be dismissed. Oftentimes, the difficulty with hearing loss is that it comes on gradually and the person affected is often the last to realize this loss. Sounds just gradually fade away. It is often the comments of friends or relatives that awakens the individual to consider that something may be wrong. If you didn't hear what was said you wouldn't know you missed it.

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