According to the CDC one in six teens experience some hearing loss and the rest of GenZ and Millennials aren't far behind. But one thing that's changed for the younger generations is access to discreet, affordable, and even stylish assistive hearing devices.
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00:00 Gen Z and millennials are breaking the norms
00:02 and turning to hearing aids to help with hearing loss.
00:05 According to the CDC,
00:06 one in six teens experiences some hearing loss
00:10 and the rest of Gen Z and millennials aren't far behind.
00:13 But one thing that's changed for the younger generations
00:15 is access to discreet, affordable,
00:17 even stylish assistive hearing devices.
00:20 One of the main stigmas is, you know,
00:21 hearing loss only occurs when you're aging.
00:25 And the truth is hearing loss is related to age,
00:29 but we all have hearing loss from the time we're 15, 18, 20.
00:34 We're beginning to sustain hearing loss.
00:36 Blake Cadwell says he received his first hearing aid
00:39 in his late 20s and it changed his life.
00:41 But he says getting to that point was a challenge.
00:44 This was one of the biggest challenges that I had
00:46 right out of the gates is I knew I had hearing loss,
00:49 but I just wasn't sure where to start
00:51 and how to start tackling that problem.
00:53 That's what drove Cadwell to co-found soundly.com.
00:56 The site offers resources like hearing tests
00:59 and the ability to compare hearing aids,
01:01 which have changed so much
01:02 with rapidly evolving technology.
01:04 The best hearing aids on the market in 2005, 2006
01:09 were they didn't have rechargeable batteries.
01:13 They did not have Bluetooth streaming.
01:15 They were much larger, often very aesthetically,
01:19 not aesthetically pleasing.
01:21 And now you look at hearing aids
01:22 and they look a whole lot more like consumer technology.
01:25 Cadwell says the first step
01:26 if you think you're experiencing hearing loss
01:28 is to get your hearing tested,
01:30 either by an audiologist or an online test.
01:33 You can find resources by scanning the QR code
01:36 on your screen.