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Working towards medication as a Deaf doctor is an uphill battle [PODCAST]

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You can view the original post here “Nobody anticipated how the pandemic would affect their Deaf colleagues’ work atmosphere and profession alternatives. But, 15% of adults report some type of listening to problem. This quantity will increase dramatically with advancing age, with 50% of these aged 75 years or older experiencing listening to problem. The precise variety of Deaf/Onerous of Listening to (DHH) physicians and different well being care suppliers is unknown. Nonetheless, in keeping with the Affiliation of Medical Professionals With Listening to Losses, the numbers have elevated over the previous few many years. This enhance is partly as a result of laws (such because the People With Disabilities Act of 1990) and evolving applied sciences (resembling digital and visible stethoscopes and speech-to-text purposes). Though these adjustments have enabled extra DHH professionals to work in well being care, none was enough to deal with the COVID-19 pandem...