Educational Resources Help Combat Hearing Loss During Audiology Awareness Month

October is the official “Audiology Awareness Month” in the United States. Like similar Month’s created to spread awareness this date encourages the public to stay cognizant of their hearing health by encouraging annual check-ups. According to the American Academy of Audiology “hearing loss it the third most common health problem in the United States,” and with “more than half of the people with hearing loss [being] younger than age 65,” you may be wondering how healthcare organizations plan to reach the “36 million Americans” afflicted with hearing problems.

For starters the public is encouraged to join healthcare professionals in taking up the fight for awareness and prevention in their communities by using a number of carefully developed resources created by the American Academy of Audiology.

The listing below shows the comprehensive nature of their resources, making it easy for the public to share tips with friends and family. With these resources American Academy of Audiology has taken the guesswork out of direct action this October.

• Bookmarks
• Buckslips (to include with your invoices)
• Fact Sheets
• Just for Kids and Young Adults
• Letters to the Editor
• Posters
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Press Releases
• Radio PSAs
• Web Tools

The promotion of this Month reflects a genuine need in our present day for people to seriously address hearing health and combat misinformation. As American Academy of Audiology’s statistics about the high number of American sufferers reveals - we all need to reflect on the subject more than we may have realized.