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In developing countries, 80% to 90% of persons with disabilities of working age are unemployed, whereas in industrialised countries the figure is between 50% and 70% - UN Enable Fact Sheet on Disability and Employment, 2011
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Hearing

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WWHearing

CBM helped the WHO launch WWHearing, with the aim of promoting the provision of affordable hearing aids and appropriate services

A young boy who is deaf writing on a blackboard at school

Hearing - News and stories

Stories from around the world about CBM working in the field of hearing

Child with hearing loss, Kenya /CBM

Hearing loss in the developing world

Deafness has a greater impact in low-income countries because of a lack of services, equipment, understanding and trained people

Hearing impaired girl at The Kambui School for the Deaf, Kenya

Causes of deafness

There are many causes of deafness, and some people are deaf from birth while others progressively lose their hearing as they get older

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Two deaf men communicating using sign language at a conference; behind them there is a CBM poster

International Week of the Deaf

A young girl being fitted with a hearing aid

International Ear & Hearing Care Day - 3 March

Young girl with crutches in IDP camp, Haiti 2010

Inclusive Emergency Response

Lars Bosselmann

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