The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All About Eyes: Hearing aids, why sooner, than later.
World Hearing Day 2026 (3 March) From communities to classrooms: hearing care for all children Act now so no child is left behind due to ear or hearing problems Why focus on children’s hearing? Globally, school-age children with hearing loss often remain undiagnosed and without access to needed services (World report on hearing, 2021).
The World report on Hearing aims to provide evidence-based guidance to drive actions for integration of quality EHC services into national health plans of Member States, as part of their work towards universal health coverage.
Deafness and hearing loss fact sheet from WHO: providing key facts and information on causes, impact, prevention, identification, management and WHO response.
The term safe listening simply refers to specific listening behaviours that do not put your hearing at risk. The volume of sounds, the duration of listening, and frequency of exposure to loud sounds all have an impact on hearing. The higher the level of sound and longer the duration, the greater the risk of hearing loss.
On World Hearing Day, under the theme From communities to classrooms: hearing care for all children, WHO is urging governments, civil society, and partners across the health and education sectors to take urgent action to protect children’s hearing. Key actions include:promoting good ear and hearing practices as part of school health programmes to prevent hearing loss; integrating ear and ...
For this purpose, WHO is working with regional offices to assess the country capacity for ear and hearing care in Member States and. Each year, WHO organizes the World Hearing Day as a means of raising awareness on ear and hearing care and disseminating its materials and messages.To such actions WHO runs a small grants competition program.