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Sarah Lumley

Social experiment replicates what it is like to struggle with hearing difficulties at work

One in five employees have been left feeling worried in the workplace, while 23 per cent feel concerned – as a result of struggling with hearing difficulties.

Over a third of working adults (34 per cent) claim they have found it difficult to make out what is being said in meetings – due to people speaking in a quiet voice (33 per cent), mumbling (36 per cent), or background noise (38 per cent).

And over a fifth (22 per cent), of the 2,000 adults polled, revealed that they suspect they may have hearing loss – or, in fact, already know they have it.

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