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Gretchen A. Stevens, S. Flaxman, E. Brunskill, M. Mascarenhas, C. Mathers, M. Finucane

2013.2.1EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr176

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The results suggest that the prevalence of child and adult hearing impairment is substantially higher in middle- and low- income countries than in high-income countries, demonstrating the global need for attention to hearing impairment.

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STEVENS, Gretchen A., et al. Global and regional hearing impairment prevalence: An analysis of 42 studies in 29 countries. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 2013, 23 1: 146–52.