World Hearing Day 2023 highlights the importance of integrating ear and hearing care within primary care, as an essential component of universal health coverage.
Key messages for World Hearing Day include:
Ear and hearing problems are among the most common problems encountered in the community.
Over 60% of these can be identified and addressed at the primary level of care.
Integration of ear and hearing care into primary care services is possible through training and capacity building at this level.
Such integration will benefit people and help countries move towards the goal of universal health coverage.
As part of World Hearing Day 2023, important new resources are now available from the World Health Organization, including the “Primary ear and hearing care training manual”, resources on Hearing and Language Milestones in Children, and Hearing Loss in Adults: When to Suspect and What to do.
ACI Alliance has additional resources that support integrating hearing healthcare into primary care. Visit our website for shareable infographics and links to three papers published in Ear & Hearing that provide clarity on candidacy determination for adults (bilateral deafness and SSD) and children (bilateral deafness and SSD).
The mission of the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance is to advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.
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