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How can innovative technologies improve the quality of life for people suffering from hearing loss?
Author(s)	Patrick D'Haese
Journal title	Eurohealth, vol 22, no 2, 2016
Publisher	European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2016
Pages	pp 37-39
Source	http://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/partners/obser...
Keywords	Hearing Impairment ; Hearing aids ; Quality of life ; European Union ; Europe.
Annotation	In Europe, around 20% of women and 30% of men have a degree of hearing loss by age 70. Untreated hearing loss puts pressures on Europe's already struggling health and social care systems, partly because it risks the onset of other diseases. Innovative technologies such as cochlear implant offer a real solution for the individual with a hearing loss too high to benefit from a hearing aid. Action from European policy-makers is called for to help realise awareness of the condition, facilitate access to these technologies where appropriate, and share best practice amongst Member States. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-161125205 A
Classmark	BV: M8: F:59: WFC: 74
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