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Headline : WHO: Investments and myth-busting to improve hearing

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Tags : #investments #mythbusting #improve #hearing


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Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as well as stigma. 

“Only one out of five people are actually accessing hearing rehabilitation of those who need it,” said Dr. Shelly Chadha, in charge of WHO’s work on prevention of deafness and hearing loss, speaking to journalists in Geneva on Friday.

Ahead of World Hearing Day, marked on 3 March, she recalled that the global health agency has repeatedly drawn attention to this constantly growing problem over the last few years.

There are “several barriers” that contribute to the problem, Dr. Chadha explained, the most significant of which is the global shortage of hearing care specialists. New guidelines by WHO are bound to help overcome those hurdles.

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