Did You Know...?

· 50 million people in the U.S. have a hearing loss?

· 30 of every one thousand school age children have a hearing loss?

· By age 65, one out of three people has a hearing loss?

· 78% of people with hearing loss experience their loss in adulthood?

· 76% of people who could benefit from hearing aids are not using them?

· People with hearing loss wait for an average of seven years before seeking help?

· Isolation, withdrawal and depression are the most common reactions to hearing loss?

· Hearing impaired people have a much higher divorce rate then hearing people

You Need To Know...

· Why you don't hear well.

· How to tell others.

· How to get help.

· How to select hearing aids.

· How to use and protect your hearing

· How to use Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)

· How to use hearing aids successfully.

· How hearing loss affects you and your loved ones.

· How to create an environment where you can hear.

· What the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) means to you.

· How to assert your ADA rights in public places and on the job

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