TY - JOUR
T1 - The inaugural World Report on Hearing
T2 - from barriers to a platform for change
AU - McMahon, Catherine M.
AU - Nieman, Carrie L.
AU - Thorne, Peter R.
AU - Emmett, Susan D.
AU - Bhutta, Mahmood F.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - barriers to care
KW - burden of hearing loss
KW - World Report on Hearing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103156099&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/coa.13756
DO - 10.1111/coa.13756
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 33733605
AN - SCOPUS:85103156099
SN - 1749-4478
VL - 46
SP - 459
EP - 463
JO - Clinical Otolaryngology
JF - Clinical Otolaryngology
IS - 3
ER -