"Hearing loss is the number one disability, as well as the most preventable disability, in the world."
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. - 4/02

"25 million people need hearing aids; 5 million people own hearing aids."
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. - 4/02

"15 of every 1000 people under age 18 have a hearing loss; nearly 90% of people over age 80 have a hearing loss."
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. - 4/02

"Of the 27 million Americans who are hearing impaired, only 20% actually seek treatment."
- Beltone 2001

"Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions affecting about 27 million people, most of them are over the age of 65."
- Beltone, 11/01

"1.465 million people aged 3 and older are deaf in both ears."
- National Institute of Deafness and Hearing Disorders, 2/01