Newborn hearing screening and early intervention have improved the spoken language outcomes for children with severe-to-profound hearing loss. Children diagnosed early are presenting at school with significantly larger vocabularies than those diagnosed later, and those diagnosed early tend to have vocabularies almost as large as those of their hearing peers. Despite these improvements, phonological awareness

Age-related hearing loss can be a major barrier to achieving healthy and fulfilling final decades of life for many. In this article, we explore how the aging population and the rising prevalence of presbycusis are likely to present new opportunities for hearing care professionals.