Although this time of the year is a lot of fun, it’s a great reminder that there are many scary and horrifying stats around hearing loss that cannot be ignored.

The Yellow Brick Road | Scary Hearing Loss Stats and Our Dorothy!

11/10/2022 | Hearing Loss, Industry News, Local News, Patient Resources

Halloween is one of our favorite times of the year.

It’s the day that we laugh more than any other as well dress up in hilarious (and sometimes horrifying) costumes, and we have so much fun with patients.

This year was no different as some of the team had great fun with a Wizard of Oz theme.

Here is some of our favorite pictures:

Dorothy and the yellow brick road
Wizard of Oz halloween
Wizard of Oz team members
Wizard of Oz halloween
Wizard of Oz lion
Wizard of Oz halloween
Wizard of Oz halloween
Wizard of Oz halloween

Mayhem was bound to ensue as our group of ‘Things’ and a ‘Cat in the Hat’ took over clinic!

Luckily we had our ‘Boss of all Things’ Nancy Duncan Au.D. to keep them in check.

Thing 1,2 and 3
Duncan hearing group picture
Dorothy and the yellow brick road
Halloween 2022
hallo ween 2022
thing 3&4

Although this time of the year is a lot of fun, it’s a great reminder that there are many scary and horrifying stats around hearing loss that cannot be ignored.

(Cover your eyes if you’re squeamish!)

  • 48 million Americans are diagnosed with significant hearing loss
  • The number of people who experience hearing loss is more than those with Parkinson’s, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes combined
  • Adult men are twice as likely as women to experience hearing loss, which may be due to their increased likelihood of having excessively noisy occupations, like manufacturing and construction, and are more likely to participate in loud recreational activities, such as using firearms and riding a motorcycle
  • Tinnitus (ringing in the ear) affects 20% of Americans, and hearing loss occurs in 90% of those cases

All stats can be found here.

It serves as a great reminder that it’s never been more important to have a regular hearing assessment.

We hope that you had a wonderful Halloween!

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Nancy Duncan, Au.D.

Dr. Nancy Duncan graduated from Somerset High, Somerset, MA in 1991 and received her B.S. in communication disorders and psychology from Worcester State College. Her master of science in audiology was awarded at the University of Arkansas in 1997, after which she worked for several private audiology practices in Arkansas, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Returning to the area in 2003, Dr. Duncan founded Duncan Hearing Healthcare, allowing her to apply her passion to her community through rehabilitative audiology and individual patient care. She earned her clinical doctorate in audiology degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (now Salus University) in 2005. Her passion for her family and community is an integral part of what drives her to provide trustworthy, professional hearing healthcare to her patients.

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