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Hear us out: What you might not know about people with hearing loss
2 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
3 minutes to read
One in six Kiwis are hard of hearing. Here are seven things you might not know about hearing loss. Photo / Getty Images
NZ Herald
It s World Hearing Day and with more than 700,000 Kiwis affected by hearing loss, there is a lot more that we should know about hearing loss and how it impacts sufferers.
While some might assume that hearing loss if something that only affects the old, it s simply not the case. Nearly half of cases, like former Bachelorette and National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing advocate, Lily McManus, are aged 20-65.