Hearing impairment epidemiology and demographics
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Overview
10% of the population in the United States is affected by hearing loss. The prevalence of clinically significant hearing loss doubles with each passing decade of life. Approximately two-thirds of Americans aged 70 years or older have hearing loss.
Epidemiology and Demographics
- 10% of the population in the United States is affected by hearing loss.
- 1 in 1000 is deaf worldwide, So the global deaf population is approximately to be 0.1% of the total population.[1]
- The figure is likely to be higher in developing countries than developed countries due to restricted access to health care, and, in some cultures, due to the high rate of intrafamilial marriages. The great majority of people with less than average hearing are elderly or developed hearing loss after leaving school.[2]
- According to the U.S. National Center for Health statistics, approximately three-quarters of deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans experienced the onset of hearing loss after age 18.[2]
- In the United States, sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss affects almost 5 to 27 per 1 hundred thousand people annually, with about 66,000 new cases per year.[3]
- The prevalence of clinically significant hearing loss doubles with each passing decade of life.[4]
- Approximately two-thirds of Americans aged 70 years or older have hearing loss, but only 15%–20% of U.S. older adults use hearing aids.[5]
References
- ↑ Harrington, Tom (2004-07-01). "Deaf Statistics: Other Countries". Frequently Asked Questions: Deaf Statistics. Retrieved 2006-10-13. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Holt, Judith (1994). "DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS". DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT. Retrieved 2006-10-13. line feed character in
|title=at position 43 (help) - ↑ Chandrasekhar SS, Tsai Do BS, Schwartz SR, Bontempo LJ, Faucett EA, Finestone SA; et al. (2019). "Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (Update)". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 161 (1_suppl): S1–S45. doi:10.1177/0194599819859885. PMID 31369359.
- ↑ Nieman CL, Oh ES (2020). "Hearing Loss". Ann Intern Med. 173 (11): ITC81–ITC96. doi:10.7326/AITC202012010. PMID 33253610 Check
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