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About 700 million people (one in 10 people) would have disabling hearing loss by 2050, a health expert said on Wednesday.
Adesegun Adeyinka, Consultant, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), however, said various researches had shown that over five per cent of the world population require hearing rehabilitation to address their hearing loss.
Meanwhile, the official also said the LASUTH has performed cochlear implant on 38 patients within seven years, leading to improved hearing and speech acquisition.
He said the hospital was one of the two centres in Nigeria providing cochlear implant.
Mr Adeyinka said that LASUTH performed its first set of cochlear implantations in 2014.