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Hearing impairment

Data descriptor

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ASC Collections Data Dictionary (Beta v1.3)

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The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) defines hearing impairment as the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears and can be graded as mild, moderate, severe or profound.

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