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First World Report on Hearing
March 9 , 2021
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- The World Health Organization has published the first world report on hearing on World Hearing Day (March 03).
- The WHO has highlighted that, one in every four individuals across the world will be experiencing mild-to-profound hearing loss by 2050.
- This roughly accounts for 2.5 billion people across the world.
Key Findings of the report
- As per the report, at least 700 million people will be suffering from disabling hearing loss and they would require ear & hearing care.
- The report highlights that, billion young people in the age group 12–35 years are at risk of hearing loss because of noise pollution in recreational settings.
- WHO said, around 60 per cent of hearing loss in the children is because of preventable causes.
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