Going to Work With a Hearing Loss, Part 2

Among the study’s key findings:

•   While people with treated and untreated hearing loss both earn less than people with normal hearing, for people with more severe hearing loss the income decline is cut in half for hearing aid owners. For example, the difference in income between people with mild versus profound hearing loss is $20,300 per year for those with untreated hearing loss and $10,200 for those with hearing aids.
•   For every 10 percent increment in hearing loss, the income disparity between those with untreated hearing loss and those with hearing aids increases at the rate of approximately $1,000.
•   The estimated cost in lost earnings due to untreated hearing loss is $122 billion, with the cost to the government in unrealized federal taxes at $18 billion.
•   Currently, more than 24 million people in the United States who say they have hearing loss do not use hearing aids.

http://www.betterhearing.org/press/news/pr_incomeloss.cfm

If you have a hearing loss and are working, please take that first step and get your hearing tested. And if you need help, get correction. As the study shows, not correcting your hearing loss can cost you a lot of money.

Today we are all competing for our jobs, especially so when we are getting close to retirement. What could possibly be more important than hearing well and being able to communicate with others? If you are working close with a staff or working one-on-one with individuals, your hearing will play the most important part in allowing you to communicate at the level you need to perform your job.

Don’t put it off any longer. Remember, early detection and early correction will help you now and in your future.

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