How Common is Hearing Loss?
Hearing loss is quite common. More than 1 in 10 people in the U.S. have some degree of hearing loss:
- About 1 in 3 adults over 65 and nearly half adults 75 and older have far-related hearing loss.
- An estimated 60,000 people have hearing loss in one ear (unilateral hearing loss)
- About 2 in 1000 babies are born with some type of hearing loss.