Hearing Loss and Tinnitus-the Hidden Healthcare Time Bomb.
Authors: Goldman DR, Holme R
Hearing loss and severe tinnitus affect 16% and 1% percent of the population respectively; the prevalence of both conditions increasing with age. In the next 10 years, the number of individuals over the age of 65 years is set to outnumber those under the age of 5 years for the first time in history [1], and by the year 2040 the number of elderly worldwide is set to soar to 1.3 billion [1]. Such changes in demographics will undoubtedly shape new global approaches to healthcare, with a clear need to address conditions more often faced by the elderly, greatly affecting quality of life but currently dismissed as a ‘natural’ part of the aging process.
PMID: 20116447 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Drug Discovery Today)
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