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"I've worn hearing instruments for six years."
36 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM HEARING LOSS
"Hearing connects us with other people, they stimulate relationships, new relationships,
they maintain current ones."
BUT ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS...
ONLY ABOUT ONE IN FIVE OF THEM WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM A HEARING AID ACTUALLY WEARS ONE... BUT
WHY?
"A lot of it is the stigma. A lot of people think hearing aids are associated with old
age. In reality a majority of people with hearing loss it's going to start before you're
60."
"The technology is lightyears away from what they used to be when grandma and grandpa wore
those big hearing instruments in the back of their head... Now they're bluetooth compatible,
they're smaller."
ANOTHER REASON IS THE COST... MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES STILL CONSIDER HEARING INSTRUMENTS
AS A "VOLUNTARY EXPENSE"... EVEN THOUGH THEY COST ON AVERAGE 15-HUNDRED PER EAR.
"It's something in the industry we are fighting for."
"People hold on to their hearing instruments five, six years ... it's less than a cup of
coffee a day when you average it out."
BUT THAT EXPENSE IS SENDING PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR HEARING INSTRUMENTS IN CHEAPER PLACES...
THE INTERNET.
" A lot of what you see online are not hearings aids, but personal listening devices for people
with normal hearing."
AND DR. DROST SAYS THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T BUY WITH THE CLICK OF A MOUSE.
"It's not just buying the widget, it's establishing a relationship with someone you can trust
and count on."
BUT GOING TO A CLINIC TO GET PROPERLY FITTED, CAN HELP YOU RECONNECT WITH THE WORLD.
"You have an acclimating period where you have to get used to the bright sound of the
world that you haven't heard in maybe 10 to 15 years."
IN CASPER ALYSSA DEITSCH NEWS 13