| CATEGORY | Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process |
| SYSTEM | Auditory System |
| ORGAN | Ear |
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ALTERNATE NAMES /COMMON NAMES |
Conductive and Sensorineural Hearing Loss |
| NAMES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES |
Hindi- Baharapan Marathi- Bahirepana Spanish- Sordera |
| ICD 10 CLASSIFICATION | H90 |
| WORLD STATISTICS |
360 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss.
About 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears. About 2 percent of adults aged 45 to 54 have disabling hearing loss. The rate increases to 8.5 % for adults aged 55 to 64. Nearly 25 %of those aged 65 to 74 and 50 % of those who are 75 and older have disabling hearing loss. |
| INDIAN STATISTICS | Profound hearing disability in India is about 1 million 1.2 million people have severe hearing disability 0.9 million people have moderate hearing disability 7.1 million people have very mild hearing disability |
| MOST PREVALENT IN | Worldwide prevalence |
