Ex-hippies reluctant to wear hearing aids

"The average wait is seven years, once they've been diagnosed with hearing loss, to do anything about it,' said Suzanne Wyatt, executive director of the Ear Foundation. One of its missions is to educate people about hearing loss prevention and early detection. She attributed such reluctance to the boomer generation's 'not wanting to succumb to having to wear a hearing aid.'" "Baby Boomers Ignoring Their Hearing Loss" Houston Chronicle