Health specialists are calling on the government to invest more in the provision of hearing aids for people with hearing disabilities in the country. According to the Managing Director of Kampala.
Health specialists are calling on the government to invest more in the provision of hearing aids for people with hearing disabilities in the country. According to the Managing Director of Kampala.
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Monday May 10 2021
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According to the World Health Organisation, more than five per cent of the world’s population (430 million people) live with disabling hearing loss. Any person who is not able to hear as well as someone with normal hearing (hearing thresholds of 20 decibels (dB) or better in both ears) is said to have hearing loss.
Nearly 80 per cent of people with disabling hearing loss live in low and middle-income countries. The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age, worsening from age 60 and above. Hearing loss may be mild, moderate, severe, or profound. It can affect one or both ears, and leads to difficulty in hearing conversational speech or loud sounds.