Older workers hide deafness from employers
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Eighty per cent of people polled had an eye test every six months. But only seven per cent had the recommended hearing test every three years. More than half said they wouldn’t wear a
hearing aid because it would make them look and feel old and their employer may not be supportive. Four in 10 believed their confidence had dropped. Starkey Hearing Technologies
commissioned the survey of 800 over-55s to find out how deafness affects people at work.