2024年2月2日 · Deaf people mostly have profound hearing loss, which implies very little or no hearing. They often use sign language for communication. Causes of hearing loss and deafness. Although these factors can be encountered at different periods across the life span, individuals are most susceptible to their effects during critical periods in life.

2024年1月17日 · A person is said to have hearing loss if they are not able to hear as well as someone with normal hearing, meaning hearing thresholds of 20 dB or better in both ears. It can be mild, moderate, moderately severe, severe or profound, and can affect one or both ears.

2024年2月26日 · Speaking one at a time helps the person who is hard of hearing or deaf focus on the speaker. Take advantage of new technologies. Exploit the potential from your smartphone or tablet such as using voice-to-text apps, remote sign language interpretation services, and digital sign language dictionaries.

2024年2月1日 · Sign language and captioning services facilitate communication with deaf and hard of hearing people. Deaf people often use sign language as a means of communication. Family members, medical professionals, teachers and employers should be encouraged to learn signs/sign language in order to facilitate communication with deaf people.

2022年12月2日 · In this article, a person who is deafblind describes his experience with health care and the “invisibility” that the community face. When Frank Trigueros visits a hospital, he braces himself for possible problems. It is not the medical care that concerns him as much the communication, as a person who is deafblind. “I cannot communicate.

2023年4月12日 · People with disabilities face additional challenges during health emergencies such as pandemics, extreme weather events and conflict. Deaf people in Ukraine witnessing the ongoing war are no different. While Ukrainians live with frequent air raid sirens, an estimated 36 000 citizens who cannot hear depend on text alerts. As mobile alerts cannot get through unless networks are stable, too often ...

2024年5月29日 · A person enjoying a loud concert, for example, may afterwards experience muffled hearing or a ringing or buzzing in their ears (known as tinnitus). This often improves as the sensory cells recover. However, with regular exposure to loud or prolonged noise, the sensory cells and other structures can become permanently damaged, resulting in ...

2025年1月14日 · An estimated 1.3 billion people – or 1 in 6 people worldwide – experience significant disability. Persons with disabilities die earlier, have poorer health, and experience more limitations in everyday functioning than the rest of the population due to health inequities.

2024年11月14日 · Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus. It spreads easily when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. It can cause severe disease, complications, and even death. Measles can affect anyone but is most common in children. Measles infects the respiratory tract and then spreads throughout the body.

2025年1月30日 · World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is observed every year on 30 January. On World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on everybody, including leaders and communities, to unite, act and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by making bold, sustainable investments to free the estimated 1.5 billion people, in the world’s most vulnerable ...