Study Reveals Severe Hearing Loss in People Over 90
A new study found significant hearing loss among people age over 90, with 80% needing hearing aids and 30% having occluding ear wax.
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Researchers Find Up to One-third of English Adults May Have Undetected Hearing Loss
The findings reveal many hearing loss cases remain undiagnosed in primary care, since people very often cannot recognize their hearing has been affected, and highlight gaps in the continuity of hearing care pathways.
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LatestManaging Patients with Precipitous High Frequency Hearing Loss
This article from January 1997 offers five recommendations from Harford & Curran for fitting precipitous high frequency loss, as well as perspectives on handling patient expectations and hearing aid distortion, feedback, and occlusion.