One in 4 people projected to have hearing problems by 2050: WHO

Mar 02, 2021, at 03:52 pm

Geneva: Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first World Report on Hearing, released on Tuesday. 

White noise improves hearing: Study

Nov 16, 2019, at 05:41 pm

New York/IBNS: Noise is not the same as noise – and even a quiet environment does not have the same effect as white noise.

'Once lost , hearing doesn't come back': World Health Organization warns on World Hearing Day

Mar 03, 2019, at 04:43 pm

New York, Mar 3 (IBNS): Many people live with unidentified hearing loss, often failing to realize that they are missing out on certain sounds and words. To address this problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging people on this year’s World Hearing Day, held on March 3, to check their hearing.

With age comes hearing loss and a greater risk of cognitive decline: Study

Feb 13, 2019, at 06:03 pm

Washington, Feb 13 (IBNS): Hearing impairment is a common consequence of advancing age.

Hearing loss linked to poor nutrition in early childhood, study finds

Feb 09, 2018, at 11:46 pm

Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): Young adults who were undernourished as preschool children were approximately twice as likely to suffer from hearing loss as their better- nourished peers, a new study suggests.