Open AccessEffect of COVID-19 on Individuals with Hearing Impairment in India
Author(s) -
Abishek Umashankar,
Prashanth Prabhu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2020/45054.13892
Subject(s) - covid-19 , audiology , pandemic , medicine , hearing aid , psychology , disease , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
COVID-19 has proven to be pandemic and affecting the day to day life of normal individuals. However, individuals with disability, especially with hearing impairment face even more difficulty. They are unable to get their routine evaluation and therapy, the maintenance of their hearing restoration devices has also found to be cumbersome. The strategy that they can use during this lockdown period has been discussed.