(muffled sound of voice saying “Many people take their hearing for granted.”)
Sorry. (throat clearing) Many people take their hearing for granted. But a new report shows that as many as one in five Americans suffers from hearing loss severe enough to affect their daily life. The findings are in the Archives of Internal Medicine. (Frank Lin, John K. Niparko and Luigi Ferrucci, "Hearing Loss Prevalence in the United States")
Aging is the most common risk factor. But the 48 million people in the U.S. who have some hearing loss in at least one ear included kids as young as 12. So why are so many people affected?
To read the full, original article click on this link: 1 in 5 Has Significant Hearing Loss: Scientific American Podcast
