CINCINNATI (FOX19) - More than 28 million Americans are estimated to have some form of hearing loss. As part of Better Hearing and Speech Month, UC Health audiologists will offer free hearing screenings from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the West Chester Physicians Office and Thursday, May 3, at the Clifton Physicians Office. Screenings will be offered at both locations from 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 4.
Hearing screenings are available to anyone concerned about hearing damage or interested in learning their own hearing levels, says Lockhart, who serves as director of audiology in UC’s Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.
But she especially advises individuals age 40 or older to get their hearing screened, preferably once a year. That’s because people over 40 are statistically more likely to have hearing loss—three in 10 people over 60 have hearing loss, and one in six baby boomers has a problem with hearing.