It’s Loud Out There: Hearing Health Across the Lifespan | Public Health Grand Rounds | CDC

It’s Loud Out There: Hearing Health Across the Lifespan | Public Health Grand Rounds | CDC

October is “National Protect Your Hearing Month." Watch our June 20, 2017 session to learn how to protect your hearing.

The world is on the verge of a hearing loss epidemic. Some 360 million people live with disabling hearing loss worldwide and that number is growing. Young and older people are at risk. One in three older adults have hearing loss, and 1.1 billion young people are at risk for hearing loss around the world. Watch this session of Public Health Grand Rounds as experts discuss the problems associated with hearing loss, its causes, prevention strategies, and public health solutions.