How many 50 year-olds in the UK have started to lose their hearing?

A) 10%
B) 25%
c) 40%

You might be surprised.

40% of fifty year-olds have started to lose their hearing. This increases to 70% by the age of seventy.

The UK Census tells us that 65% of people who use BSL as their main language cannot speak English either ‘at all’ or cannot speak it ‘very well’.

Within our aging population: 40% of fifty year-olds have started to lose their hearing. This increases to 70% by the age of seventy.

Kathleen