Analysis: The Baby Boomer Generation

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The Baby Boomer generation is the one of the largest group of people. These will the people that our current healthcare members will be caring for. According to the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), “By 2030, the number of people over the age of 65 will double to 71.5 million, or 20% of the population.” These patients are going to raise the number of vision and hearing disorders and impairments tremendously. According to the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), hearing aid sales grew by 4.76% in the year 2014. This boom in sales set a new record of hearing aid sales. This record was three million hearing aid units were sold in one year. Also, the HIA stated that hearing aid sales on average increase 3%- 4% annually. Personally, I