Assistive Technology: Hearing Products

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Over 5% of the world’s population – or 430 million people – require rehabilitation to address their ‘disabling’ hearing loss (432 million adults and 34 million children). It is esti mated that by 2050 over 700 million people – or one in every ten people – will have disabling hearing loss.

‘Disabling’ hearing loss refers to hearing loss greater than 35 decibels (dB) in the better hearing ear. Nearly 80% of people with disabling hearing loss live in low- and middle-income countries. The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age, among those older than 60 years, over 25% are affected by disabling hearing loss.[1]

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  1. ↑ WHO Hearing Loss Available:https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss ( accessed 3.7.2021)
 
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