Untreated hearing loss and benefits of fitting hearing aids
Untreated hearing loss and benefits of fitting heg aarin1in 6 Australians has a hearing loss and yet only 6% of people wear a hearing aid.
Untreated hearing loss
Untreated hearing loss has been seen in the research to have serious emotional and social consequences. For example, those with untreated hearing loss were more likely to report depression, anxiety, and paranoia and were less likely to participate in organised social activities.
Benefits of Treatment
Hearing ald users reported significant Improvements in many areas of their lives and in virtually every dimension measured, the families of hearing aid users also noted the improvements but were even more likely than the users to report Improvements.
| Improvement Area | Improvement Reported by Hearing Aid User (%) | by User's Family (%) |
| Relations at home me | 56 | 66 |
| Feelings about self | 50 | GO |
| Life overall | 48 | 62 |
| Relations with children, grandchildren | 40 | 52 |
| Mental health | 36 | 39 |
| Self-confidence |
39 |
46 |
| Sense of safety | 34 | 37 |
| Social life | 34 | 37 |
| Relations at work | 34 | 41 |
| Sex life | 8 | N/A |
References
www.clas.ufl.edu/users/.../NationalY%2O0Council%200n%20Aging.doc
http://www.madlerhearing.com/pdfs/ncoa_hearing_summary.pdf
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