The World Hearing Day is observed on March 3, every year to highlight and spread the message that timely and effective care can help people with hearing loss to achieve full potential.
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This occasion is to spread awareness about action that can be taken to protect the auditory nerves and adopt preventive measures.
This year, the theme is ‘Screen, Rehabilitate, Communicate’, to address hearing loss and ear diseases across the life course.
World Hearing Day 2021 will mark the launch of the first-ever World Report on Hearing (WRH).
The Report has been developed in response to the World Health Assembly resolution (WHA70.13), adopted in 2017 as a means of providing guidance for Member States to integrate ear and hearing care into their national health plans.
The report proposes a set of key H.E.A.R.I.N.G. interventions that must be delivered through a strengthened health system to realize the vision of ‘Integrated people-centered ear and hearing care’ (IPC-EHC).
