Abstract:Presbycusis is now one of the most impacting chronic diseases on the quality of life in the Chinese aged people. Hearing aid is the main approach helping elderly people to overcome difficulties in communication. Digital hearing aids have gradually replaced analogue ones in China and demonstrated better effect. However, the number of those who use hearing aids is very small in China. Cochlear implants have been applied in elderly patients in China. So far, there is a long way to go in hearing rehabilitation service for elderly people in China.