World hearing day

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The World Day of hearing ( English : "World Hearing Day" and "International Ear Care Day") is a global day of action , which the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with national partners global attention to the prevention and treatment of hearing loss and the importance of hearing. The background to this is that around 5 percent of the world's population (466 million people) are severely hearing impaired and therefore disabled. This affects a third of the over 65s, but also 34 million children. According to the WHO criteria, the prevalence of hearing loss in Germany is 12 percent. This would mean that around 10 million people in Germany are hard of hearing. 5.8 million Germans over the age of 15 also have an impairing hearing loss of more than 5 decibels - of which only two million have hearing systems.

The day of action takes place annually on March 3rd (until 2015 called "International Ear Care Day").

Official WHO logo for World Hearing Day

history

World Day was launched in 2007 at the "First International Conference on Prevention and Rehabilitation of Hearing Impairment" in Beijing . It has an annually changing focus topic (selection, in English):

  • 2020: "Don't let hearing loss limit you!"
  • 2019: "Check your hearing!"
  • 2018: "Hear the future and prepare for it"
  • 2017: "Action for Hearing Loss: Make a Sound Investment"
  • 2016: "Childhood Hearing Loss: Act Now, Here Is How!"
  • 2015: "Make Listening Safe"
  • 2014: "Ear Care Can Avoid Hearing Loss"
  • 2013: "Healthy Hearing, Happy Life - Hearing Health Care for Aging People"

In 2019, hearing acoustics associations in Austria and Switzerland will take part in the German-language campaign for World Hearing Day for the first time. In a joint "DA-CH campaign" they clarified the causes and risks of hearing impairment in three countries and put experts in touch for optimal care for people with hearing loss.

subjects

In the run-up to March 3, WHO and national partner organizations will publish current statistical data on the respective focus topic of the World Day.

  • In 2020, World Hearing Day took the high number of unaided hearing impaired people as an opportunity to appeal to people “Don't stop!” - based on the WHO motto “Don't let hearing loss limit you!”. The aim was to draw attention to the fact that hearing loss does not have to be an obstacle to an active life. Adequate care increases the quality of life, facilitates social contacts and increases road safety. The World Day was accompanied by the technical innovation of Bluetooth LE Audio, which in future will enable an even more comprehensive inclusion of hearing impaired people in everyday life.
  • In the run-up to World Day 2019, the Hear-it AISBL published current figures on the follow-up costs of unserved hearing loss. According to this, in the EU unserved hearing loss causes damage of 185 billion euros per year - of which 39 billion euros are attributable to Germany, caused by a reduced quality of life and productivity losses. The figures were determined in a meta-study entitled "Hearing Loss - Numbers and Costs" at Brunel University London. To this end, hundreds of scientific studies and articles on the prevalence and consequences of hearing loss, as well as the use and benefits of hearing aids, have been analyzed and compared over the past two decades. The German-language campaign for World Day was sponsored by Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn .
  • In 2018, the WHO focused on the drastically increasing number of hearing impairments. Current analyzes indicate that almost 630 million people could suffer from hearing loss in 2030 if preventive and therapeutic measures are taken against it. In 2050 there would be more than 900 million people worldwide. The WHO sees reasons for this in the growing world population and the increasing number of elderly people in the population.
  • In 2017, the WHO reported the annual costs that untreated hearing loss cause worldwide. According to this, around 750 billion US dollars (approx. 700 billion euros) can be saved annually if hearing impairments were treated promptly and correctly. According to the WHO, this sum is made up of health expenditure (67–107 billion US dollars), education and care costs for children with hearing loss (3.9 billion US dollars), productivity losses due to early retirement (105 billion US dollars) and societal costs as a result of social isolation and marginalization due to hearing loss ($ 573 billion).
  • Before World Day 2016, the WHO published figures on children with hearing loss worldwide for the first time. According to this, 32 million children (out of a total of 360 million hearing impaired people worldwide) are so hard of hearing that they are disabled in their everyday life and in their development. The WHO estimates that around 60 percent of these hearing impairments can be prevented through preventive measures. About half of preventable hearing impairments in children are caused by diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, and infections, and 17 percent are caused by complications during childbirth. In this context, World Day emphasized the importance of early preventive measures such as newborn hearing screening, which was introduced across Germany as a voluntary service in 2009.
  • In 2015, the WHO pointed out that 1.1 billion young people around the world are at risk from listening to music too loudly (especially with MP3 players ). The WHO estimates that in high-income countries around half of young people between the ages of 12 and 35 risk hearing loss due to loud noise from their smartphones and MP3 players. In Germany, too, ear, nose and throat specialists have been observing an increase in the number of young people with permanent hearing loss for years. Hearing loss in the high frequency range in children and adolescents in this country has almost doubled over a period of 24 years. The main causes of this noise-related hearing impairment include children's toys, portable music players and music events.

public perception

In 2020, 4,700 partners across Germany joined the motto “Don't stop!”. The media coverage of the day of action reached almost 97.4 million readers, listeners and viewers in Germany via general online and print media, radio and TV reports and social media, and informed them about pension and care options.

In 2019, the German campaign followed the WHO motto “Check your hearing”. As a deduction from the communicated follow-up costs of unserved hearing loss, the focus was on prevention and precaution. To underline the personal relevance of hearing for the individual quality of life, the slogan “Hearing. The meaning of your life ”. Nationwide campaign partners have provided information about hearing with a variety of campaigns. The media coverage of the day of action reached almost 31 million readers, listeners and viewers in Germany via general online and print media, radio reports and private and public television stations and informed them about pension and care options. In order to make the parliamentarians of the EU parliament personally aware of the problem, the WHO organized a hearing test for parliamentarians in front of the meeting room in the EU parliament, in which they could voluntarily take part and have their hearing tested.

In 2018, the focus in Germany was again on the motto “Hören. The meaning of your life ”. Around 3,700 partners across the country offered a free hearing test to prevent hearing loss and provided information about hearing. The coverage of the World Day reached around 14 million readers in general online and print media in this country. 55 radio reports were heard by more than 6 million people and a good 6 million viewers saw television reports on World Day.

In 2017, 55 countries and numerous non-governmental organizations worldwide took part in World Hearing Day. In Germany, under the motto “Hören. The meaning of your life “3,500 partners engaged for the day of action. Reporting on the World Day reached more than 24 million readers in general online and print media in this country. 55 radio reports were heard by more than 6 million people and nearly 4 million viewers saw television reports on World Day.

In 2016, actions on World Hearing Day took place in 36 countries around the world. In the German media, in addition to the international general topic of children's hearing loss, the risk of age- related hearing loss, which increases with age, was discussed, as well as information on ear hygiene, the provision of hearing aids and cochlear implants . According to figures from the organizers of the World Day, the information and education campaign reached over 14 million people in Germany alone.

In 2015, the day of action was celebrated by the national health systems in 24 countries and by 14 national and international non-governmental organizations . World Day was a topic in the national media in numerous countries, for example in Australia, Italy, Great Britain, the USA and Austria. In the nationwide media reporting in Germany, in addition to the increasing risk of young people from listening to music too loudly, the serious undersupply of hearing aids for people with hearing loss - across all age groups - was discussed. According to this, 20 million people in Germany are hard of hearing, but only 16% of them wear a hearing aid . The consequences of untreated hearing loss - such as loss of cognitive performance, falls, depression and occupational disability - result in economic costs of 2.5 billion euros per year. The connection between an untreated hearing loss and a higher risk of developing dementia also received growing media attention.

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Individual evidence

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