This statistic displays the positive changes in sense of safety and independence due to hearing aids among hearing impaired persons in selected developed countries in 2014-2015. According to a survey conducted during these two years, Italy had the highest percentage of respondents who stated they feel an improvement in the sense of independence, in the surveyed countries. Two thirds of surveyed Italian adults said that the sense of independence developed to "better" or "a lot better".
Improvement in sense of safety and independence due to hearing aids in selected developed countries in 2014-2015
France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Survey time period
2014 and 2015
Number of respondents
base: 120,000 people
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "Since you started using your hearing aid(s), please rate the changes you have experienced in each of the following areas, which you believe are due to your hearing aid(s)."
Note: From the total number of respondents, subsequently data was collected from 3,702 interviews with hearing aid owners and 5,970 interviews with hearing-impaired people people who do not yet own hearing aids across six countries. The interviews were conducted during 2014 and 2015.
* Only those who received HAs in last 5 years were asked in US, so this data point cannot be compared to the ET data.
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The Hearing Review. (June 22, 2016). Improvement in sense of safety and independence due to hearing aids in selected developed countries in 2014-2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/670903/sense-of-safety-and-independence-improvement-due-to-hearing-aids-by-country/
The Hearing Review. "Improvement in sense of safety and independence due to hearing aids in selected developed countries in 2014-2015." Chart. June 22, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/670903/sense-of-safety-and-independence-improvement-due-to-hearing-aids-by-country/
The Hearing Review. (2016). Improvement in sense of safety and independence due to hearing aids in selected developed countries in 2014-2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/670903/sense-of-safety-and-independence-improvement-due-to-hearing-aids-by-country/
The Hearing Review. "Improvement in Sense of Safety and Independence Due to Hearing Aids in Selected Developed Countries in 2014-2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/670903/sense-of-safety-and-independence-improvement-due-to-hearing-aids-by-country/
The Hearing Review, Improvement in sense of safety and independence due to hearing aids in selected developed countries in 2014-2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/670903/sense-of-safety-and-independence-improvement-due-to-hearing-aids-by-country/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Improvement in sense of safety and independence due to hearing aids in selected developed countries in 2014-2015 [Graph], The Hearing Review, June 22, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/670903/sense-of-safety-and-independence-improvement-due-to-hearing-aids-by-country/
