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Featuring: Thomas Powers, PhD, Vice President of Audiology, Siemens Hearing Instruments, Piscataway, NJ

Accompanying Slides: An optional Powerpoint presentation, created by Siemens, is available for this podcast and can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE. While this is not required for understanding the podcast, we do recommend viewing it.

In May 2009, Siemens commissioned a study to explore the perceptions about hearing loss among Boomers and older Americans contrasted with the perceptions of children of parents from this same age group. A total of 250 Americans ages 50-75 who were married and living with their spouses were surveyed, along with 250 working Americans who have parents in this age group. The results indicate that, although 72% of the Boomer/Older American (Parent) Group believe their hearing is average or better, 70% of the younger (Children) group say that their family members have suggested their fathers have a hearing test and 64% have suggested the same for their mother. However, only 32% of the Boomer/Older Americans (Parent) report that a family member has suggested a hearing test.

This and many more interesting results are covered by Dr Powers in this week's podcast and presentation.

About our Guest

Thomas A. Powers, PhD, is a 26-year veteran of Siemens Hearing Instruments and serves as the company's vice president of audiology and compliance at Siemens US headquarters in Piscataway, NJ.