Published September 25, 2012
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Childhood Hearing Loss in the Developing World
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- 1. Centre for Deaf Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, P.O. Box 72391, Parkview, 2122, South Africa
Description
Globally, unidentified hearing loss is the largest and most significant childhood disability impacting on
development. Of the babies born annually with hearing loss, 90% come from developing countries. Less than 2.5% of
these babies will get hearing aids and less than 10% will ever have access to early intervention.
With the dearth of services available to this largely marginalized paediatric community, the EHDI pathway has been
established with significant buy in from the World Bank, WHO and UNESCO. This paper will explore the EHDI pathway
and how it is currently being implemented in the developing world.
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