The inaugural World Report on Hearing: From barriers to a platform for change.
Journal Article (Editorial)
The inaugural World Report on Hearing was recently published by the World Health Organisation, and outlines the burden of hearing loss, and strategies to overcome this through preventative and public health approaches. Here, we identify barriers to wide-scale adoption, including historic low prioritisation of hearing loss against other public health needs, a lack of a health workforce with relevant training, poor access to assistive technology, and individual and community-level stigma and misunderstanding. Overcoming these barriers will require multi-sector stakeholder collaboration, involving ear and hearing care professionals, patients, communities, industry and policymakers.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- McMahon, CM; Nieman, CL; Thorne, PR; Emmett, SD; Bhutta, MF
Published Date
- May 1, 2021
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 46 / 3
Start / End Page
- 459 - 463
PubMed ID
- 33733605
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1749-4486
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/coa.13756
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England