More young people are speaking out to help remove the stigma that still comes with wearing a hearing aid.
Peter Bilzerian, 25, has been wearing a hearing aid since he was 6, after cancer treatments destroyed 25% of his high-frequency hearing.
"I can connect it to my phone, I receive phone calls on it, essentially they're glorified AirPods," he added, referring to Apple's popular earbuds.Ayla Wing, 29, also uses a hearing aid and has been wearing one for the last eight years. "I call taking out my hearing aid -- that's like my party trick. I like to show people, just because I think it's cool," Wing said.Although they're now more available, financial costs may still pose a barrier for some. The type of hearing aids Wing uses require a prescription and only part of the $6,000 total cost is covered by insurance. Another downside is that some batteries on hearing aids run out at inconvenient times.
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