Human Hearing Loss
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Epidemiology, Global Health, Otorhinolaryngology, Public Health
- Keywords
- Audiology, Epidemiology, Hearing Loss, Neurotology, Otolaryngology, Cochlear Implant, Global Health, Burden of Disease, Social Determinants of Health
- Copyright
- © 2014 Ware
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ PrePrints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2014. Human Hearing Loss. PeerJ PrePrints 2:e378v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.378v1
Abstract
Hearing loss affects as much as 5% of the global human population and its negative consequences, often exacerbated by cultural bias or distributive injustice, include delayed cognitive and language development, learning deficits and poor academic performance, chronic unemployment and dependency, poverty, elevated risk of harm and poor health. This paper is based on a review of the academic literature as well as other credible published resources to identify the principal causes of hearing loss; its consequences for individuals, communities, and states; and potential interventions most appropriate for developing and low-resource countries where hearing loss is currently most prevalent and its burdens most egregious.
Author Comment
This is version 1 of a review article on hearing loss.