According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in January, the odds of hearing loss are 31 percent lower, overall, for baby boomers than for their parents.
“The study shows that the prevalence of hearing loss at any given age is getting lower with different generations — that weâ??re retaining good hearing for longer than our parents and grandparents,” says University of Wisconsin at Madison professor Karen Cruickshanks, a co-author of the study.