San Juan Bautista, CA: Many Seniors Need Hearing Aids, Few Buy Them: View From A Private Duty Caregiver Serving Carmel, Carmel Valley, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Gilroy, Gonzalez, Greenfield, Hollister, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, San Juan Bautista, Seaside And Soledad California The Monterey Herald had a story about the unfortunate fact that many of those who are experiencing hearing loss don't wear hearing aids. The reasons are many. Sometimes it's cost and other times it's vanity. And some people are simply in denial about the fact that they are getting older and many things just don't work as well as they did when they were younger. I went through this with my grandmother who didn't start to lose her hearing too badly until she was in her 90's. Part of the problem, believe it or not, was ear wax. Sometimes when we get older the ear wax gets impacted and acts as a barrier to hearing. She could have used a hearing aid as well, but they were just too ugly for her tastes and she had a crooked ear canal making the use of one difficult and she never did end up getting one. The Herald story talked about a Johns Hopkins study that found nearly 6.7 million Americans have hearing loss, but only one in seven wears a hearing aid. The study used data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, a research project which has gathered data from American's dating all the way back to the early 1970's. It's not surprising really. At some point, technology will catch up to this huge problem, and hearing aids will be hidden from view and provided at a low cost. But until this happens, I wouldn't expect a large surge in the number of American's buying hearing aids. http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_20003306About Richard Kuehn & Family inHome Caregiving of Monterey:After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member I was dissatisfied with service from local caregiving agencies. I became convinced of the need for a service which provides very personal assistance to elderly and founded Family inHome Caregiving serving the Monterey Peninsula. Please visit my blog where I talk about important senior issues at:http://www.familyinhomecaregiving.com/Blog

About Richard Kuehn & Family inHome Caregiving of Monterey:
After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member I was dissatisfied with service from local caregiving agencies. I became convinced of the need for a service which provides very personal assistance to the elderly and founded Family inHome Caregiving serving the Monterey Peninsula. Please visit my blog where I talk about important senior issues at:
http://www.familyinhomecaregiving.com/Blog