Global and regional hearing impairment prevalence: an analysis of 42 studies in 29 countries

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Authors

Gretchen A Stevens · World Health Organization

Seth Flaxman · World Health Organization

Emma Brunskill · University of California, Berkeley

Maya Mascarenhas · University of California, San Francisco

Colin Mathers · World Health Organization

Mariel M. Finucane · Harvard Global Health Institute

Abstract

Our results suggest that the prevalence of child and adult hearing impairment is substantially higher in middle- and low-income countries than in high-income countries, demonstrating the global need for attention to hearing impairment.

Topics & Keywords

Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Noise Effects and Management Hearing Impairment and Communication

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: European Journal of Public Health

Volume 23, Issue 1, pp. 146-152

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr176

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