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The MarkeTrak VIII (2009) report on 25-year trends in the hearing aid industry revealed that only 1 in 4 people with a hearing loss wear hearing aids. Among those with a hearing impairment, only 1 in 10 with a mild hearing loss wears hearing aids, whereas 4 in 10 with a moderate-to-severe hearing loss wear hearing aids. These numbers show that those in the mild hearing loss category do not wear hearing aids as readily as those with more significant hearing loss. Looking at this from a different perspective, it suggests that there is still a market of potential hearing aid wearers that the hearing care professionals can tap into: those with a mild hearing loss.
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