{"id":1206,"date":"2022-04-27T13:53:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accesshears.com\/?page_id=1206"},"modified":"2022-05-03T19:35:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:35:55","slug":"about-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.accesshears.com\/about-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"About Hearing Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1206\" class=\"elementor elementor-1206\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-871a18c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"871a18c\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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*\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hearing Loss<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e228846\" data-id=\"6e228846\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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.elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Hearing loss affects nearly two-thirds of adults \u2265 70 years in the United States and is strongly and independently associated with an increased risk of social isolation, depression, accelerated cognitive decline, falls, reduced physical function, and hospitalization. Of older adults who have hearing loss, less than 20% use hearing aids regularly with even lower numbers among racial and ethnic minority and lower-income older adults. It has been estimated that over 23 million older adults with hearing loss go untreated.<\/p><p>Proactively addressing hearing care is an integral component of aging well. The way we listen, interact with others and engage in our everyday lives is crucial to the quality of our lives. Hearing loss has a profound impact on health and well- being.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-pa-eq-height=\"{&quot;targetType&quot;:&quot;widget&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:[],&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;load&quot;,&quot;enableOn&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18cc94e1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched premium-equal-height-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18cc94e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;premium_eq_height_switcher&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;premium_eq_height_target&quot;:[],&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-element elementor-element-6fc22066 premium-equal-height-yes elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fc22066\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_eq_height_switcher&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;premium_eq_height_target&quot;:[&quot;.elementor-widget-icon-box .elementor-widget-container&quot;],&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-292981b9\" data-id=\"292981b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1efaf624 elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"1efaf624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accesshears.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-box.min.css\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHearing loss affects two-thirds of adults aged 70 years and older in the United States.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 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Americans with hearing loss are untreated.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c286ed9\" data-id=\"7c286ed9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f808ab7 elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"2f808ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t<i 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