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A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that older adults with greater severity of hearing loss were more likely to have dementia, but the likelihood of dementia was lower among hearing aid users compared to non-users.
The World Health Organization estimates that 430 million people in the world have moderate or worse hearing loss and 1153 million have mild hearing loss. 80% live in low- and middle-income countries [1]. It is also a significant problem amongst disadvantaged groups in high-income countries. Hearing loss is the third largest cause of Years Lived with Disability (YLD) in the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study [2].
Cheaper, over-the-counter hearing aids have hit the market, for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss.
Hearing aids have hit the market without a prescription and some are selling for as low as $199, instead of thousands of dollars.
Consumers can now buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at dramatically lower prices as a 2017 federal law finally takes effect.