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Africa: Fewer Than 2% of Africans Who Need Hearing Aids Have Them, but New Solutions Offer Hope

[The Conversation Africa] Hearing loss affects more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. Close to 80% live in low - and middle - income countries, where hearing care is out of reach for most. In Africa, an estimated 136 million people live with hearing loss, a figure expected to more than double to 337 million by 2050. Yet fewer than 2% of people on the continent who need a hearing aid have one.

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