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October 31, 2006

2006 Baby Boomer Hearing Loss Study

About one-half (53%) of baby boomers said they have at least a “mild”hearing loss. This is consistent with the findings from the 2004 study (49%). It appears that boomers, generally speaking, are willing to admit to having a hearing loss. When looking just as those boomers that said they do NOT have a hearing loss, only 18% said they sometimes or frequently find themselves in situations where people are not speaking loudly enough or clearly enough or where the television is not loud enough or clear enough.

Posted by Gary Holden at October 31, 2006 2:38 AM