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Facts About Hearing Loss
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Learning Objective
Inform you about hearing loss statistics related to:• Age• Noise• Birth• Prevalence• Lack of prevention
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Have You Heard?
• 1 out of 10 people have some degree of hearing loss!1,2
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Have You Heard?
• More than 30 million Americans are exposed to dangerous levels of noise on a regular basis!3
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Have You Heard?
• Every day in the U.S. approximately 33 babies each day are born with profound deafness4
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Have You Heard?
• Listening to an MP3 Player at high volumes over time can cause permanent damage to hearing.5
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Have You Heard?
• The number of Americans with a hearing loss has evidentially doubled during the past 30 years.5
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Have You Heard?
• Some toys are so loud that over time they can cause hearing damage in children.6
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Have You Heard?
• The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age, up to 1 in 3 over age 65.7
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Next Steps
• Help prevent noise induced hearing loss by sharing this information with your friends and loved ones!
• Insure they wear hearing protection!• Educate them about loud volume.
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References
• Better Hearing Institute: http://www.betterhearing.org/press/pdfs/celeb_outreach_pkg.pdf Accessed April 13, 2011
• International Hearing Society: http://www.ihsinfo.org/IhsV2/News_Info/030_Introducing_AHHT.cfm Accessed April 13, 2011
• http://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/press/Pages/nihlfacts.aspx accessed April 28, 2011 • http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/factsheets.aspAccessed April 30, 2011 • http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Prevalence-and-Incidence-of-Hearing-Loss-in-Adults/
Accessed April 28, 2011 • http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Noisy-Toys/ Accessed April 28, 2011 • http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/factsheets.asp Accessed April 30, 2011
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