A survey of adults aged 40 years and older in the United States in 2023, found that around 10 percent said the cost of treating hearing issues might prevent or has prevented them from getting help for such issues. This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the United States aged 40 years and older who said the following might prevent or has prevented them from getting help for a hearing issue.
Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who said the following prevented them from getting help for a hearing issue as of 2023
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Minor hearing issues are easy enough to live with untreated
19%
Treating hearing issues would cost too much
10%
My health insurance doesn’t sufficiently cover the cost of treatment for hearing issues
9%
The insurance I have doesn’t cover it
8%
I am so busy dealing with other health issues that I don’t focus on hearing difficulties
6%
I am not sure where to go for information
4%
I am not sure what type of health provider to go to
3%
I don’t have health insurance
3%
I don’t think I have the physical ability I would need to successfully use a hearing aid or other device
2%
I don’t have transportation
1%
I don’t think I can keep track of what I need to do to use hearing aids successfully
1%
None of the above
64%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Percentage of respondents19%19%10%10%9%9%8%8%6%6%4%4%3%3%3%3%2%2%1%1%1%1%64%64%Minor hearing issues are easy enough to live with untreatedTreating hearing issues would cost too muchMy health insurance doesn’t sufficiently cover the cost of treatment forhearing issuesThe insurance I have doesn’t cover itI am so busy dealing with other health issues that I don’t focus onhearing difficultiesI am not sure where to go for informationI am not sure what type of health provider to go toI don’t have health insuranceI don’t think I have the physical ability I would need to successfully usea hearing aid or other deviceI don’t have transportationI don’t think I can keep track of what I need to do to use hearing aidssuccessfullyNone of the above
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AARP. (August 2, 2023). Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who said the following prevented them from getting help for a hearing issue as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414678/barriers-hearing-problem-help-40-years-and-older-us/
AARP. "Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who said the following prevented them from getting help for a hearing issue as of 2023." Chart. August 2, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414678/barriers-hearing-problem-help-40-years-and-older-us/
AARP. (2023). Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who said the following prevented them from getting help for a hearing issue as of 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414678/barriers-hearing-problem-help-40-years-and-older-us/
AARP. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Aged 40 Years and Older Who Said The following Prevented Them from Getting Help for a Hearing Issue as of 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414678/barriers-hearing-problem-help-40-years-and-older-us/
AARP, Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who said the following prevented them from getting help for a hearing issue as of 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414678/barriers-hearing-problem-help-40-years-and-older-us/ (last visited February 23, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who said the following prevented them from getting help for a hearing issue as of 2023 [Graph], AARP, August 2, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414678/barriers-hearing-problem-help-40-years-and-older-us/
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