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Coming up next, we are dedicating our show to an issue that's close to our ears and hearts, hearing health.
With more young people experiencing hearing loss at an alarming rate, its time to listen up and address how we can protect our precious sense of hearing.
So lets first do some fact check.
How serious is hearing loss in China and around the world?
First of all, globally now, over 80% of year and hearing care needs remain met.
And according to WHO data, about 1.5 billion people have some degree of hearing loss now.
And by 2050 the number could really increase to 2.5 billion people and over 5% of the worlds population.
Thats also about 430 million people require rehabilitation to address their disabling hearing loss.
And also this number will increase to over 700 million people.
Thats about one in every ten people in the year of 2050.
And now in China, according to the second national Sample survey of people with disabilities, roughly 27.8 million people in the country suffer from hearing impairment.
So that is the basic picture of how hearing loss is severe both in China and also globally.
Yes, hearing loss is a real issue and we as human beings are likely to face it in a really, really old elder age.
Well, the older you get, the higher the possibility of you encountering the situation, which is why we're trying to prolong the time and also protect our hearing ability.