World report on hearing
The World Report on Hearing (WRH) has been developed in response to the World Health Assembly resolution (WHA70.13), adopted in 2017 as a means of providing guidance for Member States to integrate ear
Ear Diseases
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Multi-country assessment of national capacity to provide hearing care
WHO estimates that over 5% of the world’s population – 360 million people - has disabling hearing loss. The highest prevalence is found in the Asia Pacific, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. About half
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Hospital train provides lifeline to rural India
Patralekha Chatterjee reports on the work of India
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Causes of deafness identified
according to the Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders (second edition), roughly 0.1 per cent of the world's population is deaf. Scientists of University of Illinois, usa, in a study, have
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Beyond its curricula
A school for the hearing impaired sets an example in using alternate energy
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Shut off
Court passes order against noise pollution
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The unknown factor revealed
Some people may be predisposed to suffer vertigo due to a weak bone in the temple. And the cure may be quite simple
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Bubble gum therapy
Kids who thrive on bubble guru may well be keeping the doctor away. Research just published by Matti Uhari and his team from the University of Oulu in Finland shows that a sweetener
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Something in your ear?
Scientists identify the gene behind hereditary deafness
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Gene trap
A gene related to deafness has been discovered in a Costa Rican family that may help understand why people become hard of hearing. E Lynch and his colleagues of the Department of Medicine and