Severe Hearing Loss in the Aging Population Poses a Global Public Health Challenge. How Can We Better Realize the Benefits of Cochlear Implantation to Mitigate This Crisis?

Front Public Health. 2019 Aug 16:7:227. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00227. eCollection 2019.

Patrick S C D'Haese¹, Vincent Van Rompaey^{2

3}, Marc De Bodt^{2

4}, Paul Van de Heyning^{2

3}

¹ MED-EL GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria.
² Antwerp University Hospital - University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

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Keywords: awareness; cochlear implants; hearing aids; hearing loss; policy.