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The inaugural World Report on Hearing: From barriers to a platform for change.

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McMahon, CM; Nieman, CL; Thorne, PR; Emmett, SD; Bhutta, MF
Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery
May 2021

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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Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery

DOI

EISSN

1749-4486

ISSN

1749-4478

Publication Date

May 2021

Volume

46

Issue

3

Start / End Page

459 / 463

Related Subject Headings

  • World Health Organization
  • Quality of Life
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Humans
  • Hearing Loss
  • Hearing Aids
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Global Health
  • 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
 

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McMahon, C. M., Nieman, C. L., Thorne, P. R., Emmett, S. D., & Bhutta, M. F. (2021). The inaugural World Report on Hearing: From barriers to a platform for change. Clinical Otolaryngology : Official Journal of ENT-UK ; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery, 46(3), 459–463. https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.13756
McMahon, Catherine M., Carrie L. Nieman, Peter R. Thorne, Susan D. Emmett, and Mahmood F. Bhutta. “The inaugural World Report on Hearing: From barriers to a platform for change.Clinical Otolaryngology : Official Journal of ENT-UK ; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery 46, no. 3 (May 2021): 459–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.13756.
McMahon CM, Nieman CL, Thorne PR, Emmett SD, Bhutta MF. The inaugural World Report on Hearing: From barriers to a platform for change. Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery. 2021 May;46(3):459–63.
McMahon, Catherine M., et al. “The inaugural World Report on Hearing: From barriers to a platform for change.Clinical Otolaryngology : Official Journal of ENT-UK ; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery, vol. 46, no. 3, May 2021, pp. 459–63. Epmc, doi:10.1111/coa.13756.
McMahon CM, Nieman CL, Thorne PR, Emmett SD, Bhutta MF. The inaugural World Report on Hearing: From barriers to a platform for change. Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery. 2021 May;46(3):459–463.
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Published In

Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery

DOI

EISSN

1749-4486

ISSN

1749-4478

Publication Date

May 2021

Volume

46

Issue

3

Start / End Page

459 / 463

Related Subject Headings

  • World Health Organization
  • Quality of Life
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Humans
  • Hearing Loss
  • Hearing Aids
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Global Health
  • 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science