Open AccessHearing healthcare gaps in LMICS: snapshot from a semi-urban community in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Adebolajo A. Adeyemo,
Segun Ayodeji Ogunkeyede,
Oluyinka Motunrayo Dania
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v21i2.53
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , hearing loss , rural area , family medicine , environmental health , medical emergency , audiology , pathology , economics , economic growth
Low and middle-income countries (LMICs) have high prevalence of hearing loss which are mainly due to preventable causes. While urban communities in LMICs are likely to have functional hearing healthcare delivery infrastructure, rural and semi-urban communities may have different reality.