More than 360 million people in the world have disabling hearing loss, according to new global estimates on prevalence released by the WHO, for International Ear Care Day (3 March).
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更多人面临听力损伤问题
More people than ever before are facing hearing loss
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随着全球人口老龄化，更多人面临听力损伤问题。
As the population ages globally, more people than ever before are facinghearing loss.
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每三位65岁以上者中就有一位患听力损伤，全球总计1.65亿此类患者。
One in three persons over the age of 65 years – a total of 165 million people worldwide – lives with hearing loss.
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虽然使用助听器往往可以帮助老年性听力损伤者，但目前助听器的产量还不足以满足需求。
Although hearing loss from ageing can often be helped with hearing devices, there are not enough produced to meet the need.
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世卫组织防盲防聋司的谢莉•查达哈说：“当前，助听器产量只能满足全球不到10%需求。
“Current production of hearing aids meets less than 10% of global need.
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在发展中国家，每40个需要助听器的人中只有不到一位拥有助听器。
In developing countries, fewer than one out of 40 people who need a hearing aid have one.” says Dr Shelly Chadha of the WHO’s Department of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness.
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世卫组织正在探索将技术转让作为增加发展中国家获得助听器的方法。”
“WHO is exploring technology transfer as a way to promote access to hearing aids in developing countries.”
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耳朵感染是导致听力损伤的主要原因
Infections of the ear are the leading cause of hearing loss