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Hearing loss statistics | GoDanRiver.com
*About 17 percent of American adults report some degree of hearing loss.
•Men are more likely to experience hearing loss than women.
•Risk of hearing loss increases with age: 18 percent of Americans ages 45 to 64, 30 percent of those 65 to 74, and 47 percent of people 75 or older have a hearing impairment.
•About 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing. Nine out of every 10 children who are born deaf are born to parents who can hear.
•It's estimated that 15 percent of Americans ages 20 to 69 have high-frequency hearing loss because of exposure to loud sounds or noise at work or in leisure activities.
•Only 1 out of 5 people who could benefit from a hearing aid actually wears one.
•About 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants. In the United States, roughly 41,500 adults and 25,500 children have received them.
•About 4,000 new cases of sudden deafness occur each year in the United States. Only 10 percent to 15 percent of patients with sudden deafness know what caused their loss.
•About 615,000 individuals in the United States have been diagnosed with Ménière's disease, a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness, ringing in the ears, hearing loss and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear. About 45,500 new cases are diagnosed each year.
•About 3 percent to 6 percent of all deaf children and perhaps another 3 percent to 6 percent of hard-of-hearing children have Usher syndrome. In developed countries such as the United States, about 4 babies in every 100,000 births have Usher syndrome.
•Of those 65 and older in the United States, 12.3 percent of men and nearly 14 percent of women are affected by tinnitus, a condition in which ringing, roaring, clicking or hissing sounds in the ear are constant.
*About 17 percent of American adults report some degree of hearing loss.
•Men are more likely to experience hearing loss than women.
•Risk of hearing loss increases with age: 18 percent of Americans ages 45 to 64, 30 percent of those 65 to 74, and 47 percent of people 75 or older have a hearing impairment.
•About 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing. Nine out of every 10 children who are born deaf are born to parents who can hear.
•It's estimated that 15 percent of Americans ages 20 to 69 have high-frequency hearing loss because of exposure to loud sounds or noise at work or in leisure activities.
•Only 1 out of 5 people who could benefit from a hearing aid actually wears one.
•About 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants. In the United States, roughly 41,500 adults and 25,500 children have received them.
•About 4,000 new cases of sudden deafness occur each year in the United States. Only 10 percent to 15 percent of patients with sudden deafness know what caused their loss.
•About 615,000 individuals in the United States have been diagnosed with Ménière's disease, a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness, ringing in the ears, hearing loss and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear. About 45,500 new cases are diagnosed each year.
•About 3 percent to 6 percent of all deaf children and perhaps another 3 percent to 6 percent of hard-of-hearing children have Usher syndrome. In developed countries such as the United States, about 4 babies in every 100,000 births have Usher syndrome.
•Of those 65 and older in the United States, 12.3 percent of men and nearly 14 percent of women are affected by tinnitus, a condition in which ringing, roaring, clicking or hissing sounds in the ear are constant.
