1. Facts About Hearing Loss

2. Learning Objective Inform you about hearing loss statistics related to: Age Noise Birth Prevalence Lack of prevention

3. Have You Heard? 1 out of 10 people have some degree of hearing loss! 1,2

4. Have You Heard? More than 30 million Americans are exposed to dangerous levels of noise on a regular basis! 3

5. Have You Heard? Every day in the U.S. approximately 33 babies each day are born with profound deafness 4

6. Have You Heard? Listening to an MP3 Player at high volumes over time can cause permanent damage to hearing. 5

7. Have You Heard? The number of Americans with a hearing loss has evidentially doubled during the past 30 years. 5

8. Have You Heard? Some toys are so loud that over time they can cause hearing damage in children. 6

9. Have You Heard? The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age, up to 1 in 3 over age 65. 7

10. Next Steps Help prevent noise induced hearing loss by sharing this information with your friends and loved ones! Insure they wear hearing protection! Educate them about loud volume.

11. References Better Hearing Institute: http://www.betterhearing.org/press/pdfs/celeb_outreach_pkg.pdf Accessed April 13, 2011 International Hearing Society: http://www.ihsinfo.org/IhsV2/News_Info/030_Introducing_AHHT.cfm Accessed April 13, 2011 http://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/press/Pages/nihlfacts.aspx accessed April 28, 2011 http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/factsheets.aspAccessed April 30, 2011 http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Prevalence-and-Incidence-of-Hearing-Loss-in-Adults/ Accessed April 28, 2011 http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Noisy-Toys/ Accessed April 28, 2011 http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/factsheets.asp Accessed April 30, 2011