American Thinker
•I bet you know at least one person who won’t consider wearing hearing aids. It’s the same with someone who has a hearing loss and expects others to speak louder
56% Informative
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders , approximately 15% of American adults ( 37.5 million ) ages 18 and over report some trouble hearing.
Few people even notice someone wearing hearing aids since technology has made the devices very small.
Most people will happily assist someone who needs help if the person has made every effort to help themselves.
Robin M. Itzler : Technology has greatly benefited the legally deaf.
People with hearing loss are more likely to get dementia, studies show.
Most hearing aids and cochlear implants come with a telecoil (aka T-coil) setting.
People learning English rely on captioning to help master the language, she says.
VR Score
45
Informative language
40
Neutral language
29
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
35
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Hate speech
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Attention-grabbing headline
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Known propaganda techniques
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Time-value
medium-lived
External references
3
Source diversity
3
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