Improving hearing health care for adults in the United States is an urgent public health problem, and contributing to solutions is a priority for NIDCD. Approximately 15 percent of American adults, or 37.5 million people, report some degree of hearing loss. For many of these individuals, assistive technologies such as hearing aids could significantly improve their quality of life, yet only about one in four of those who could benefit from hearing aids has ever used them.| NIDCD
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This site provides general information on hearing aids including benefit and safety information, types and styles, how to get and buy a hearing aid, and use with cell phones. It also discusses hearing loss and products and procedures to improve hearing.| U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Age-related hearing loss (also called presbycusis, pronounced prez-buh-KYOO-sis) is hearing loss that occurs gradually for many of us as we grow older.| NIDCD
Tinnitus (pronounced tih-NITE-us or TIN-uh-tus) is the perception of sound that does not have an external source, so other people cannot hear it.| NIDCD
