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Fewer than 2% of Africans who need hearing aids have them, but new solutions offer hope

Fewer than 2% of Africans who need hearing aids have them, but new solutions offer hope — photograph supplied by The Conversation Africa

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Hearing loss affects more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. Close to 80% live in low - and middle - income countries, where hearing care is out of reach for most. In Africa, an estimated 136 million people live with hearing loss, a figure expected to more than double to 337 million by 2050. Yet…

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