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Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives.

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Wilson, BS; Tucci, DL; Merson, MH; O'Donoghue, GM
Published in: Lancet
December 2, 2017

In 2015, approximately half a billion people had disabling hearing loss, about 6·8% of the world's population. These numbers are substantially higher than estimates published before 2013, and point to the growing importance of hearing loss and global hearing health care. In this Review, we describe the burden of hearing loss and offer our and others' recommendations for halting and then reversing the continuing increases in this burden. Low-cost possibilities exist for prevention of hearing loss, as do unprecedented opportunities to reduce the generally high treatment costs. These possibilities and opportunities could and should be exploited. Additionally, a comprehensive worldwide initiative like VISION 2020 but for hearing could provide a focus for support and also enable and facilitate the increased efforts that are needed to reduce the burden. Success would produce major personal and societal gains, including gains that would help to fulfil the "healthy lives" and "disability inclusive" goals in the UN's new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Lancet

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EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

December 2, 2017

Volume

390

Issue

10111

Start / End Page

2503 / 2515

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Humans
  • Hearing Loss
  • Global Health
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Wilson, B. S., Tucci, D. L., Merson, M. H., & O’Donoghue, G. M. (2017). Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives. Lancet, 390(10111), 2503–2515. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31073-5
Wilson, Blake S., Debara L. Tucci, Michael H. Merson, and Gerard M. O’Donoghue. “Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives.Lancet 390, no. 10111 (December 2, 2017): 2503–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31073-5.
Wilson BS, Tucci DL, Merson MH, O’Donoghue GM. Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives. Lancet. 2017 Dec 2;390(10111):2503–15.
Wilson, Blake S., et al. “Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives.Lancet, vol. 390, no. 10111, Dec. 2017, pp. 2503–15. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31073-5.
Wilson BS, Tucci DL, Merson MH, O’Donoghue GM. Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives. Lancet. 2017 Dec 2;390(10111):2503–2515.
Journal cover image

Published In

Lancet

DOI

EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

December 2, 2017

Volume

390

Issue

10111

Start / End Page

2503 / 2515

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Humans
  • Hearing Loss
  • Global Health
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences