Abstract
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 Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol; October 2020; 26(2): 77-78
Highlights
One third of Bangladeshi population suffer from some sort of hearing impairment
Whereas a tertiary prevention will be required to prevent/ minimize effects of disability, i.e. prevent handicap[5]
Identification followed by prompt and appropriate management can effectively reduce the impact of deafness and hearing loss on the life of an individual
Summary
Over 5% of the world’s population or 466 million people has disabling hearing loss (432 million adults and 34 million children)[1]. Deafness is a major public health problem in our country[2]. The prevalence of disabling hearing loss in Bangladesh is 9.6%3. These findings came out from the ‘National survey on prevalence of hearing impairment in Bangladesh’ carried out in 2013 using standard WHO methods.
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