Types of Hearing Loss Conductive Sensorineural Mixed Outer or Middle Ear Damage or Obstruction May be Treatable Sensorineural Inner Ear or Beyond (Cochlea or Auditory Nerve) Mitigate with Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant Mixed

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Severe Hearing Loss

Moderate HF Hearing Loss

Here Come the Veterans Hearing Loss is Number 1 Diagnosis of Troops in Afghanistan and Iraq Two-thirds of returning combat troops have significant hearing loss Most also have significant tinnitus Sound levels up to 140 db (threshold of pain is 120 db) Many fail to use hearing protection

Hear Come the Kids Significant increase in hearing loss among kids and young adults Prolonged exposure to loud sound iPods, earbuds, cell phones, headsets One study found 30% increase in hearing loss compared to 15 years ago Damage often shows up much later

Here Come the Boomers 78 million people born between 1946 and 1964 Several hundred turning 60 every minute for the next 18 years Roughly half will have hearing loss They are already starting to reshape the hearing loss world!

Resources Hearing Aids Cochlear Implants Hybrid Implants Apps Text Transcription Apps Smartphone “Hearing Aid” Apps

Resources (continued) Assistive Devices PocketTalker FM Systems Induction Loops Bluetooth Systems Near Field Magnetic Induction Alarms Speech recognition

Resources (continued) California Telecommunications Access Program (ddtp.org) Telephones and accessories California Relay Service (also ddtp.org) Bridge communications modes Television Captions Captioned Movies Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) www.hearingloss.org