Half of Brits (49%) worry about losing their hearing, and 68% have experienced symptoms of hearing loss – but two-thirds (65%) have never gone for a routine hearing test, a study found.
Three in ten adults (31%) have experienced a ringing in their ears, while 28% have misheard what other people are saying – and 23% frequently have to ask people to repeat themselves.
But more than a third (36%), of the 2,000 adults polled, admitted that if they did experience problems with their hearing, they would simply pretend this was completely normal.
