r/hardofhearing is a subreddit with 12k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses hearing loss, hearing aids, hearing, struggling, and deaf, and they frequently recommend/review hearing aids, hearing aid, and over the ear headphones.
A sub dedicated to giving those who are hard of hearing (and deaf!) the chance to discuss new technologies, have fun discussions, tell personal stories from your HOH experiences and most of all be able to make friends and become a part of a community.
Popular Themes in r/hardofhearing
#1
Advice Requests
: "Listening fatigue” is real — how do you handle social situations without burning out?"
20 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone else struggling to keep up in group conversations even with hearing aids?"
17 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I'm deaf and built an app to find open caption movie showtimes!"
7 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I built a HoH acomodating transit alarm app with vibration-only mode"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/hardofhearing
#1
Hearing Loss
: "Life as someone with extreme Hearing Loss"
56 posts
#2
Hearing Aids
: "Anyone else struggling to keep up in group conversations even with Hearing Aids?"
51 posts
#3
Hearing
: "Hate taking my Hearing aids off"
40 posts
#4
Struggling
: "Does anyone else struggle with cashiers behind plexiglass?"
24 posts
#5
Deaf
: "is it bad to say i’m Deaf?"
20 posts
#6
Hearing Aid
: "[Student Research] Looking for adults aged 20–40 to chat about Hearing Aid design"
15 posts
#7
Tympanoplasty
: "Post op Tympanoplasty"
14 posts
#8
Hate
13 posts
#9
Hard Of Hearing
: "Hard Of Hearing here — What part of daily life is emotionally the hardest for you?"
10 posts
#10
Tinnitus
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/hardofhearing
Hearing Aids
11 reviews
#1
Phonak
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Oticon
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Hearing Aids
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Hearing Aid
11 reviews
#1
Phonak
4.1★ from 7 reviews
#2
Oticon
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
ReSound
4.0★ from 1 review
Over The Ear Headphones
5 reviews
#1
Sony
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
HyperX
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
AKG
4.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/hardofhearing
Yearly
+3k members(34.9%)
Similar Subreddits to r/hardofhearing
r/deaf
49k members
12.5% / yr
r/hearing
9k members
38.3% / yr
r/HearingAids
32k members
49.5% / yr
r/HearingLoss
9k members
39.8% / yr
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Last updated: June 13, 2026