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How hearing loss in older adults creates invisible social isolation

I am 72 and my hearing is getting worse and I nod and smile in conversations I cannot follow and slowly I am becoming invisible even to myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sensory decline can gradually exclude older adults from social connection in ways that others do not notice and they feel ashamed to acknowledge.

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