Impact of Untreated Hearing Loss on Household Income<\/a>, published by the Better Hearing Institute, reported on the correlation between severity of hearing loss and average annual income. Its results showed that those with moderate hearing loss earn about $5,000 less per year on average than those with normal hearing. Furthermore, people with profound hearing loss made an average of $12,000 less than those with mild hearing loss each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPoor health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A 2013 study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association looked into the relationship between hearing loss and health among Americans ages 70 and older. The results showed a correlation between different degrees of hearing loss and the likelihood of being hospitalized and\/or developing a major disease. The study concluded from analysis of the compiled data that seniors with hearing loss had a 5 percent higher rate of hospitalization within the previous year than those with normal hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To learn more about the research being conducted at the Heuser Hearing Research Center or to schedule an appointment, contact your Louisville audiologist today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The only way new treatments and technologies are developed is through research. Audiologists today have a much better understanding of hearing loss than they did even 10 years ago. Each year, hundreds of studies on hearing loss are conducted in laboratories around the world. Our very own group, the Heuser Hearing Research Center (HHRC), conducts,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"502-584-3573 Louisville | The only way new treatments and technologies are developed is through research. Audiologists today have a much better understanding of hearing loss than they did even 10 years ago. The HHRC conducts, promotes, and disseminates basic and applied research on human hearing and hearing loss.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"