Journal article
Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss affects access to spoken language, which can affect cognition and development, and can negatively affect social wellbeing. We present updated estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study on the prevalence of hearing loss in 2019, as well as the condition's associated disability.
METHODS: We did systematic reviews of population-representative surveys on hearing loss prevalence from 1990 to 2019. We fitted …
Authors
Collaborators GHL; Haile LM; Kamenov K; Briant PS; Orji AU; Steinmetz JD; Abdoli A; Abdollahi M; Abu-Gharbieh E; Afshin A
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 397, No. 10278, pp. 996–1009
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2021
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00516-x
ISSN
0140-6736