Technological Tools to Improve Communication in Patients With Hearing Loss.

Hearing loss screening needs improvement to identify which patients with hearing loss may benefit from hearing technologies, including PSAPs. Editorial The risk of hearing loss increases as the population ages, with approximately 23 million adults aged 70 years or older (63%) in the US having diminished speech perception.[1] Although hearing loss is common in elderly people, management is largely ineffective due to several factors: poor screening, high cost of hearing aids, vanity, hearing loss stigma, and inadequate training of health care practitioners. [Extracted from the article]