LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – 40 percent of Americans over the age of 55 suffer some form of hearing loss, according to the National Institutes of Health. The NIH says 80 percent of those who would benefit from a hearing aid choose not to use them.
KCBD NewsChannel 11 meteorologist John Robison decided to put his frustration aside and listen to how a hearing aid could change his life.
“I kept putting it off, because I kept thinking, no, old people wear hearing aids, and I’m not old, but in reality, I need them to hear, whether I’m 20 years old or 50 years old,” Robison said…