[neilcrj]

I think this is their source:

"We estimate that 30.0 million or 12.7% of Americans ≥ 12 years had bilateral hearing loss from 2001–2008, and this estimate increases to 48.1 million or 20.3% when also including individuals with unilateral hearing loss."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564588/

[SeanLuke]

Ah lawyer weaselwords. From the paper, that definition consists almost entirely of people who don't need closed captioning,

[loco5niner]

> lawyer weaselwords

I like it