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[28] [29] [better source needed] Hearing aids can cost anywhere between 35,000 and 280,000 Philippine pesos, [30] while cochlear implants can cost up to 1,200,000 Philippine pesos. [31] The Philippine Department of Education also offers Special Education (SPED) programs in all public schools for children with disabilities.
The Philippine Statistics Authority recorded a total of 1.443 million people in the Philippines (1.57% of the total population) has disability as of 2010 and categorized them according to age group, gender, and region. [2]
Presbycusis (also spelled presbyacusis, from Greek πρέσβυς presbys "old" + ἄκουσις akousis "hearing" [1]), or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing. It is a progressive and irreversible bilateral symmetrical age-related sensorineural hearing loss resulting from degeneration of the cochlea or ...
At least 8.5 per 1000 children younger than age 18 have sensorineural hearing loss. General hearing loss is proportionally related to age. At least 314 per 1000 people older than age 65 have hearing loss. Several risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss have been studied over the past decade.
Treatment depends on the specific cause if known as well as the extent, type, and configuration of the hearing loss. Most hearing loss results from age and noise, is progressive, and irreversible. There are currently no approved or recommended treatments to restore hearing; it is commonly managed through using hearing aids.
Currently, finding appropriate amplification that is fit to the individual user's hearing loss is an area in great need of attention. Smith (2003) [49] writes that 50% of hearing loss is avoidable (e.g., noise exposure, medical intervention, etc.), thus leaving 50% unavoidable (e.g., genetic or hereditary hearing loss) and requiring amplification.
Occupational hearing loss is one of the most common occupational diseases. 49% of male miners have hearing loss by the age of 50. [41] By the age of 60, this number goes up to 70%. [41] Construction workers also have an elevated risk.
Those with spatial hearing loss need target speech to be raised by typically more than 10 dB when listening to speech in a background noise compared to those with no spatial hearing loss. [9] Spatial hearing ability normally begins to develop in early childhood, and then continues to develop into early adulthood. After the age of 50 years ...