Over 8.5m Nigerians can’t hear well – WHO vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
It said that already, the problem has increased from 6.5 million people in 2008 to over 8.5 million people in 2018, and if the Federal Government fails to tackle the problem in the country, it will keep increasing and posing more challenges to the people.
Speaking during the celebration of 2019 World Hearing Day with the theme: ‘Check Your Hearing’, Chief Medical Director of NAUTH, Prof Anthony Igwegbe; his former counterpart, Prof Okechukeu Mbonu; Doyin of Otorninolargology in Nigeria, Prof B.C Okafor; founder of ENT Department in NAUTH, Prof Basil Ezeanolue and Head of Department of Ear Nose and Throat, NAUTH, Dr Everest Afiadigwe respectively expressed fears that the problem is increasing in Nigeria.
In a paper presentation, Afiadigwe said that a recent WHO survey of people living with hearing disabilities in some most populous nations of the world showed that the phenomenon had been on the increase, and Nigeria seem to be at the receiving end more that some of the nations affected.
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