Hearing loss

What is hearing loss?

Hearing loss can be classified as conductive, sensorineural, or both (mixed loss). Nearly 10% of people in the US have some degree of hearing loss. Some hearing losses are congenital (present at birth) and others are acquired disorders.

How do members experience hearing loss?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with hearing loss*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

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Top treatments taken by people for hearing loss*

*Data from patients with hearing loss, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with hearing loss*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
hearing loss (2)

*Data from patients with hearing loss, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has hearing loss on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 17
20s 64
30s 153
40s 186
50s 262
60s 301
70+ 234

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 386
Female 790
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