With the advent of China’s aging society, more and more attention is being paid to the health and disease treatment options for the elderly in the medical field. As of the end of 2012, China had 185 million people over the age of 60, and the number is expected to reach 320 million in 2030. Among the diseases related to aging, diseases that cause significant physical dysfunction (e.g. cardiovascular accidents, osteoarthritis, diabetes, cataracts, etc.) have received widespread attention, and the elderly are relatively familiar with and accept the treatment options for these diseases (e.g. heart bypass, cardiovascular stent placement, artificial joint replacement, insulin injection, artificial lens replacement, etc.). Other diseases related to aging, such as senile deafness, have been neglected by clinical workers and patients themselves for a long time because they do not cause serious impairment to a person’s somatic functions. According to statistics, currently 11% of the elderly people over 60 years old in China have hearing loss (deafness), which is about 20 million; among the deaf elderly people, those with moderate to severe deafness (hearing loss) account for 35%, which is about 7 million. Moderate to severe deafness (hearing loss over 60 decibels), mainly causes speech and communication impairment: older people cannot hear or understand other people’s conversations. As a result of communication disorders, elderly people suffering from deafness gradually avoid communication with others, become introverted and withdrawn in their personality, develop abnormalities in their psycho-emotional functioning and significantly reduce their quality of life. Therefore, in the European Union, the diagnosis and treatment of moderate to severe deafness also involves the treatment of Psycho-mental Disorder. In addition, moderate-to-severe deafness also leads to physical impairment (e.g. failure to notice traffic). As the aging population grows, the physical-mental health issues of this group will have a profound impact on all aspects of medical treatment and even social life. The causes of deafness in the elderly, in addition to the natural aging of the auditory system, are usually related to genetic factors (which predispose the auditory system to damage), atherosclerosis (which leads to blockage of the micro-arteries of the cochlea), excessive intake of saturated fatty acids (which aggravates atherosclerosis), diabetes (which leads to hyperplasia of the endothelium of the cochlea and reduces blood supply), smoking (which aggravates atherosclerosis), noise and ototoxic drugs. It can be seen that most of the above factors are “diseases of affluence” after the improvement of living standards in society. Therefore, with the steady improvement of people’s living standard and the increase of people’s life expectancy, the medical strategy to deal with the increasing population of senile deafness should include both prevention and treatment. Prevention is the most important aspect of the disease. Promoting an affluent and healthy lifestyle and staying away from unhealthy habits can help reduce or delay the incidence of senile deafness. In terms of treatment, since age-related deafness is irreversible, i.e., hearing loss cannot be recovered, the treatment is based on auditory aids. The most commonly used auditory assistive devices are hearing aids. Hearing aids are effective in the treatment of low frequency hearing loss. When the hearing loss is predominantly low frequency and the hearing loss is around 60 decibels, hearing aids are the first choice for medical treatment. When hearing loss exceeds 60 decibels, the elderly develop a severe hearing-speech communication disorder, which may be followed by greater psycho-emotional abnormalities. The treatment of deafness in such patients may not be effective with hearing aids and often requires artificial hearing implants through surgery. Until 2011, the treatment of elderly deaf patients in China hardly involved artificial hearing implants. On the one hand, people, especially the elderly, were afraid of and resistant to surgical procedures, and on the other hand, the financial policy of health insurance did not yet cover such diseases. In the past two years, we have been clinically carrying out auditory implant procedures (including vibrating sound bridges and cochlear implants) for the elderly. The post-operative results of the available cases show that the elderly have rapidly recovered their auditory-verbal communication skills after the auditory implantation surgery, reducing the occurrence of psycho-emotional disorders and ultimately improving their quality of life. In contrast to the domestic situation, the European Union countries are well established for auditory implantation for age-related deafness due to their higher level of development and social affluence (2,600 cochlear implants per year in Germany, about 35% of which are for elderly deaf patients). The theme of the 2013 Ear Care Day is “Concern for the hearing health of the elderly”. Therefore, in view of the growing number of elderly deafness patients, I would like to make the following recommendations: promote a healthy lifestyle and choose the right treatment plan. Prevention is the most important aspect of the disease, and after the disease appears, elderly patients should actively and optimistically participate in the treatment together with the medical staff, and eventually recover as soon as possible. In addition, I also hope that elderly deaf patients will receive more attention from the community, especially support in medical finance and insurance coverage, so that elderly patients can enjoy the fruits of social and economic development and truly live a peaceful life in their old age.