STATISTICS "Only 1 out of 5 people who could benefit from a hearing aid actually wears one. " - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2008. "The United Nation’s World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 278 million people with moderate to profound hearing loss in both ears." - United Nation’s World Health Organization (WHO) "Childhood Hearing Loss is a Common Problem Within Our Schools : 13 of every 100 school children have some degree of hearing loss. " - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association "A survey of seniors showed that 55% cited cost as a reason for not using hearing aids. This survey also found that untreated hearing loss has serious emotional and social consequences." - National Council on the Aging, May 1999