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Millions of people across the world live with disabling hearing loss. In fact, 466 million worldwide.

34 million of these are children.

Up to five out of every 1000 babies are born with hearing loss or acquire it soon after birth. And 4 to 11 in 10,000 school children suffer from severe hearing loss in their early childhood.

One third of people over 65 years of age are affected.

This makes hearing loss the third most prevalent chronic health condition affecting older adults.

One of the main impacts of hearing loss is on the individual’s ability to communicate with others.

Exclusion from communication can have a significant impact on everyday life, including a child’s development and education, equal opportunities, feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression and frustration.

People with hearing loss benefit from early identification: frequent hearing checks can help to enable early detection and prompt, appropriate treatment.

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How to Recognise the Symptoms

  1. People over 65 years: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss (Chien W, Lin FR. Prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:292–293. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1408.)
  2. Life without Hearing Solution: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss
  3. Better Hearing Means…: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss (Chien W, Lin FR. Prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:292–293. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1408.)
  4. How to Recognise the Symptoms: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss (Chien W, Lin FR. Prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:292–293. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1408.)
  5. Hearing Loss Treatment is Possible: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss
  6. Childhood Hearing Loss: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss (September 2019), Hearring Report (2014). Switched on for Life. Available at: http://www.medel.at/wp-hearring/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Hearring-Re- port-11-14.pdf
  7. Hearing Impairment Impacts Children‘s Lives: Hearring Report (2014). Switched on for Life. Available at: http://www.medel.at/ wp-hearring/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Hearring-Report-11-14.pdf (September 2019)
  8. How to Recognise the Symptoms: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss
  9. Most Common Causes of Hearing Loss: Hearring Report (2014). The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss (Chien W, Lin FR. Prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:292–293. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1408.) Shield, B. (2019). Evaluation of the social and economic costs of hearing impairment. A report for Hear-It AISBL.
  10. Life without Hearing Solution: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss Shield, B. (2019). Evaluation of the social and economic costs of hearing impairment. A report for Hear-It AISBL.
  11. Better Hearing Means...: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss.
    http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss (Chien W, Lin FR. Prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:292–293. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1408.) Shield, B. (2019). Evaluation of the social and ec0nomic costs of hearing impairment. A report for Hear-It AISBL.
  12. Hearing loss is on the rise: The World Health Organization. Deafness and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss (July 2019)

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