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people in 2005. The number of hearing-impaired people in USA and Canada will be more than 30 million.
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According to Adrian Davis, there were about 440 million hearing-impaired people world-wide in 1995, and more than 70 ménière million in Europe out of a population of more than 700 million. At the same time, American surveys have estimated the number of hearing-impaired people in North America to be more than 25 million out of a ménière population of about 300 million. The problem will increase in the coming years, and Adrian Davis estimates that more than 700 million people world-wide will suffer from hearing loss of more than 25 dB in 2015, and ménière the number will exceed 900 million in 2025. The increase is primarily the result of noisy surroundings and an ageing population. An Australian survey carried out by the Centre for Population Studies ménière in Epidemiology, South Australian Department of Human Services, found that the overall prevalence of hearing impairment in the Australian population is 22 per cent and that the level of impairment in approximately 17 per cent of the population is likely to cause ménière difficulty regarding speech discrimination. One out of ten One out of ten Europeans would benefit from hearing aids Even though there are no common figures regarding the number of hearing-impaired people in Europe, figures from the USA and UK [Email: info@hear-it.org] |