Hearing International

Since this is the first post at Hearing International, a brand new blog at a brand new address – HearingHealthMatters.org, it is fitting that we start at the beginning by discussing the incidence of hearing loss around the world. Hearing impairment is considered the most prevalent impairment worldwide.  Almost 600 million, an estimated 10% of people worldwide, have mild or

Bob Traynor, Editor Welcome to the international section of the Hearing Health and Technology Matters Blog.  For over 17 years I traveled the world as an audiologist conducting presentations on Audiology and Hearing instruments for a major manufacturer, visiting virtually every continent and over 40 countries.  The work involved training distributors of hearing products and their staff in audiology and