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\nNewborn and Infant Hearing Screening
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- Newborns Receiving Hearing Screening Before Age 1 Month (Percent) (Updated in 2018) \n
- Infants With Possible Hearing Loss Receiving Hearing Evaluation Before Age 3 Months (Percent) (Updated in 2018) \n
- Infants With Hearing Loss Receiving Intervention Services Before Age 6 Months (Percent) (Updated in 2018) \n
Ear Infections
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- Ambulatory Care Visits to U.S. Physicians Resulting in a Diagnosis of Otitis Media (Updated in 2012) \n
Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants
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- New Cochlear Implants in 2001 \n
- Use of Hearing Aids in 2006 (Updated in 2012) \n
- Use of Hearing Aids by Adults With Hearing Loss (Per 1,000 Population, 70+ Years) (Updated in 2018) \n
Hearing Loss
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- Hearing Loss Increases With Age (Posted in 2017) \n
- Noise Exposure at Work and Hearing Loss in Adults (Posted in 2017) \n
- Age at Which Hearing Loss Begins (Posted in 2012) \n
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adults (Posted in 2012) \n
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adolescents (Posted in 2012) \n
Tinnitus
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Newborns Receiving Hearing Screening Before Age 1 Month (Percent)
\nReports on the Healthy People 2020 objective to increase the proportion of newborns who are screened for hearing loss before 1 month of age.
\nView Healthy People 2020 Chart on Newborns Receiving Hearing Screening Before Age 1 Month (Percent)
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Infants With Possible Hearing Loss Receiving Hearing Evaluation Before Age 3 Months (Percent)
\nReports on the Healthy People 2020 objective to increase the proportion of newborns who receive audiologic evaluation before 3 months of age for infants who did not pass the hearing screening.
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Infants With Hearing Loss Receiving Intervention Services Before Age 6 Months (Percent)
\nReports on the Healthy People 2020 objective to increase the proportion of infants with confirmed hearing loss who receive intervention services before 6 months of age.
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Ear Infections
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Ambulatory Care Visits to U.S. Physicians Resulting in a Diagnosis of Otitis Media (Ear Infection)
\nYearly number of ambulatory care visits (per 100 children) that result in a diagnosis of otitis media, by age of the child patient.
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Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants
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New Cochlear Implants in 2001
\nNumber of new cochlear implants per 10,000 deaf or hard-of-hearing persons in 2001, by sex and age.
\nView Chart on New Cochlear Implants in 2001
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Use of Hearing Aids in 2006
\nNumber of hearing aids per 1,000 adults in 2006, by sex and age.
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Use of Hearing Aids by Adults With Hearing Loss (Per 1,000 Population, 70+ Years)
\nReports on the Healthy People 2020 objective to increase the proportion of adults aged 70 years and older with hearing loss who have ever used a hearing aid.
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Hearing Loss
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Hearing Loss Increases With Age
\nPercent of the U.S. population aged 20-69 with hearing loss > 25 decibels, by decade.
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Noise Exposure at Work and Hearing Loss in Adults
\nPercent of the U.S. population aged 20-69 with hearing loss > 25 decibels, by occupational noise exposure.
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Age at Which Hearing Loss Begins
\nClustered bar chart showing the age at which people first began to have hearing loss. Displays the percentage distribution by sex and age, based on subjects' report of any permanent hearing loss.
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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adults
\nThis chart depicts the prevalence of (likely) noise-induced hearing loss from 2 time periods in adults (20\u201369 years) by race/ethnicity and sex (gender).
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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Adolescents
\nThis chart shows the prevalence of (likely) noise-induced hearing loss from 2 time periods in adolescents (12\u201319 years).
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Tinnitus
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Prevalence of Chronic Tinnitus
\nPercentage of males and females with tinnitus lasting at least three months, by age.
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