Byline: Emily Berry
Nov. 10--Baby boomers may not want to age quietly, but many of them may be likely to hear less of the world around them as they get older.
A recent study by the Nashville-based EAR Foundation and Chattanooga-based amplified telephone maker Clarity found that about half of baby boomers surveyed said they had at least mild hearing loss.
"When you grow older, you start to lose your hearing," Clarity president Carsten Trads said. "But we don't anticipate people like me should have a hearing loss in their 40s and 50s."
An estimated 76 million boomers, those Americans born from 1946 to 1964, are approaching retirement and old age, experts said.
Age-related hearing loss is normal and can begin as early as the 30s, said Viston Taylor, a gerontologist and regional vice president of Alexian Brothers of the Southeast. Such hearing …
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