[JLM]

According to Forbes, the 19th biggest growth careers projected for the next 10 years in the U.S. are (tie):

Hearing aid specialists & audiologists

Note that most of the growth careers also serve primarily the elderly.


Will our collective hearing loss be the demise of high-end audio as baby boomers are entering their 70's?

[macrojack]

Insofar as loss of life appears to be a consistent contributor to loss of hearing, I will answer yes!

[FullRangeMan]

This consequence of cell phones + earbud for all.
They are creating a marked to audiologist;

[OzarkTom]

Will our collective hearing loss be the demise of high-end audio as baby boomers are entering their 70's?

Hearing loss or death.

[JLM]

Can an audiophile use a hearing aid?

What I mean is, can one still be considered an audiophile if they use hearing aid(s)?

[Wind Chaser]

I know someone who is 77 with especially bad hearing; she needs to wear 2 hearing aids just to get on with a normal conversation. Yet despite listening to my system without her hearing aids, she was astonished by the clarity and three dimensional presentation. So it would seem to me as long as one can hear to one degree or another, they can appreciate certain elements of high quality sound reproduction. 

[Wind Chaser]

Can an audiophile use a hearing aid?

Not with current technology. Hearing aids only compensate across a very limited band of frequencies, primarily in the midrange.

[FullRangeMan]

Can an audiophile use a hearing aid?

Just after the CD release in 1980s I was in a local music shop, there was two erderly a judge and a doctor both retired discussing brands:
-My digital Philips is better.
-No, mine is Siemens analogue, analogue is always better...
After afew minutes the seniors goes out for a express at the Cafeteria I asked to the shop owner what they are talking about:
-It was about new CD players?
-No its his hearing devices they use...

[GentleBender]

Insofar as loss of life appears to be a consistent contributor to loss of hearing, I will answer yes!