“Worldwide, more than 180 million people older than 65 years have hearing loss that interferes with understanding normal conversational speech. (…) Untreated hearing loss affects communication and can contribute to social isolation and loss of autonomy, with associated anxiety, depression and cognitive decline.” World Report on Ageing and Health, WHO, 2015
Material is made available on the WHO website for any person or stakeholders wishing to join the movement and disseminating these messages.
In 2018 AGE joined forced with key stakeholders to celebrate the World Hearing Day and participated in an event in the European Parliament. Read our article here
Check out this Danish good practice on ageism and deafness posted as part of our “Ageing Equal” campaign.