According to an opinion poll carried out by the Galaxy Research for Deafness Forum (Australia) among 300 elderly hearing impaired Australians, hearing aids improve social relations, including the users’ love life, and make intimate conversations easier. The study reports that more than half of the respondents stated that their hearing aids improved their social lives. Two in every three said that their hearing aids helped them overcome difficulties in connecting with family and friends. A little more than 70 percent of the respondents live with their partners, and one in 10 said their hearing aids had improved their love life, whereas nobody stated that their love life had been harmed. (Source: http://www.hear-it.org)