Sonic Innovations Warns Hearing Loss Affects Income Loss

Main Category: Hearing / Deafness
Also Included In: Ear, Nose and Throat
Article Date: 26 Aug 2009 - 19:00 PDT

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Sonic Innovations, a U.S.-based digital hearing aid manufacturer, warns Americans who ignore a hearing loss are also losing income. A study from the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), a non-profit corporation that educates the public about the neglected problem of hearing loss and what can be done about it, gives the numbers.

$100 Billion Lost in Earnings Each Year…

- Average annual amount of income lost by American working people who don't get hearing aids ranges from $1,000 (those with mild hearing loss) to $12,000 (those with profound hearing loss).

- BHI survey states that getting hearing aids at a younger age reduces the chance of losing income. Only one out of four Americans with hearing problems is getting treatment.

A Tool to Build Self-Esteem…

"People who ignore hearing loss and refuse to admit they need a hearing aid are passing up on a tool that will boost their self-esteem, help reduce anxiety and increase their income," says Michael Nilsson, vice president of Auditory Research for Sonic Innovations, a global provider of superior hearing devices.

- Nilsson says that in today's economy the thought of affording new digital aids, which can cost between $1,000 and $4,000 each, may be discouraging. However, since the average life of today's hearing aids is three to five years, the device cost averages about $3 a day.

What Sonic Offers…

- Sonic designs new hearing devices with patented hearing aid technology to significantly advance sound quality and performance.

- Sonic recently introduced the industry's smallest Receiver-In-the-Canal product called Sonic Touch.

- Sonic's Velocity line of hearing aids includes the smallest, fully functional Behind-The-Ear (BTE) hearing aid.

- Sonic's ion line is the smallest Thin Tube BTE on the market.

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