Nearly 136 million people in Africa live with hearing difficulties: tackling the crisis with a smartphone and an app

By De Wet Swanepoel, Professor in Audiology in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria

In rural Kenya, 64-year-old John Kamau’s world of silence is about to change. For decades, isolated by hearing loss from the community’s vibrant life and his grandchildren’s conversations, he sees hope when a community health worker visits with a smartphone in hand.

This isn’t just any visit; it’s the gateway to Kamau’s reconnection with the world, facilitated by breakthrough digital health tools on a smartphone.

A revolutionary hearing test app on the smartphone conducts precise assessments, followed by the provision of low-cost, high-quality hearing aids right there and…

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