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audiology  

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  • The number of hearing-impaired people worldwide is estimated to be around 300 million and rising because of the growing global population and longer life expectancy. Hearing impairment is now the third leading chronic disability after arthritis and hypertension in the Western world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Audiology]

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