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World Hearing Day in the WHC - 3 March 2020

World Hearing Day, initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO), is celebrated on the 3rd March each year. This year’s edition under the slogan „Don’t let hearing loss limit you” is widespread, as it is estimated that around 466 million people worldwide are suffering from severe hearing loss, and more than 1 billion people have a variety of hearing disorders that affect their everyday communication. The overwhelming majority of them live in low- or middle-income countries where they have no access to necessary medical services. The WHO data also show that although on average 83% of the world’s population should use hearing aids, they do not. If effective measures are not taken in the area of prevention and treatment, by 2050 the number of people with severe hearing loss will increase to over 900 million.