Effect of COVID-19 on Individuals with Hearing Impairment in India

Abstract

COVID-19 has proven to be pandemic and affecting the day to day life of normal individuals. However, individuals with disability, especially with hearing impairment face even more difficulty. They are unable to get their routine evaluation and therapy, the maintenance of their hearing restoration devices has also found to be cumbersome. The strategy that they can use during this lockdown period has been discussed.

Keywords

• cochlear implant
• early identification
• telerehabilitation