Canadians with a Hearing Disability
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Description: Canadians with a Hearing Disability
Canadians with a Hearing Disability
Over 1.3 million or 5% of Canadians aged 15 years and over have a hearing disability.
35 percent of Canadians with a hearing disability also have a seeing disability.
319,000 Canadians with a hearing disability do not use a hearing aid or cochlear implant but need them. Of these, 66% say it is because of cost.
The top four aids or assistive devices used by Canadians with a hearing disability are:
- hearing aid or cochlear implant: 30%
- closed captioning: 14%
- telephone-related devices: 8%
- visual alarms: 7%
40% of Canadians aged 15 to 44 years with a "more severe" hearing disability use closed captioning or subtitles compared to 15% aged 65 and over.
23 percent of Canadians with a hearing disability lip read.
Note: The Canadian Survey on Disability covers Canadians aged 15 years and over who experience limitations in their daily activities because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.
Source: Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017.
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