Hearing Loss UK Infographic

Are you losing your hearing? It’s a simple question but not always an easy one to answer. There are more than 10 million people (1 in 6) living in the UK with some form of hearing loss, of which 3.7 million are adults between the ages of 16 and 65, 1 in 10 are living with tinnitus and 45 000 children are being affected by some form of hearing loss. It’s entirely probable that your hearing is being affected more than you would imagine.

From your alarm beeping in the morning, to the TV blaring away and the music of dance floors at night, we’re constantly surrounded by sound. More often than not, we ignore these sounds until something really loud whizzes by (think of a fire truck) or you lean forward to hear a little more clearly. But what are these sounds doing to our hearing? Are they making us deaf? Explore our graph to find out more…