Global Health archive for September 2018

What happens to donated hearing aids?

1 September 2018 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Tinnitus, Speech and Language Therapy, Otology, Neurotology

According to the WHO, only 3% of people in developing countries who require hearing aids have one. Over the years many people, organisations and companies have donated old hearing aids to charities. Bhavisha Parmar, an audiologist who volunteered with Sound...