Damaged block heater cord could give you shock and awe. â General Motors is recalling almost 3000 vehicles that use a specific block heater. GM named the recalled vehicles as the 2013-2014 Buick Encore, Buick Verano, Chevy Cruze and the 2012-2014 Chevy Sonic.
It seems that 3.68% of the total population is found to be hard of hearing and 0.3% of the total population is functionally Deaf, out of a total population of about 268,000,000 (2005) living souls in the US. Half of both proposed figures seems to be older than 65 years of age.
The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age, with up to 80 percent of functionally significant hearing loss occurring in older adults. In one population cohort in the United States, the prevalence of hearing loss (defined by audiometry) increased steadily with age: 11 percent ages 44 to 54.