Abstract
About one in five adults has some form of hearingimpairment. This paper reports on a survey which found significantvariation in the provision of hearing aid services across Denmark,Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Per capita expenditurelevels were estimated to vary from under 3 euros in the UK to nearly10 in Denmark and Norway. Annual figures for the number of peoplereceiving at least one aid varied from around eight per 1,000 in theUK and Denmark to 2.2 in Finland. Over 50% of hearing aid users inNorway and Denmark are estimated to have bilateral aids, compared tounder 15% in the UK. Estimates of the number of people who have ahearing aid in these countries are considerably lower than the numberwho have a hearing impairment. More research is needed to verify thetrue extent of these differences and their cause.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Scandinavian Audiology. Supplement |
| Volume | ( 54) |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Comparative Study
- epidemiology: Great Britain
- supply & distribution: Health Services
- supply & distribution: Hearing Aids
- epidemiology: Hearing Disorders
- Human
- Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired
- epidemiology: Scandinavia