Impact of Hearing Loss and Restricted Access to Care on the Karen People Living in a Conflict Setting Near the Thai-Burma Border
Ongoing military conflict in the Karen State leaves the internally displaced people with high prevalence of hearing loss and fear of additional injury due to inability to hear danger. Surveys such as this appear more useful to assess the individual impact of hearing loss rather than severity. Efforts by regional medics to provide hearing care should be supported.
Authors
- Robert W. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5061-7717)
- Samuel J. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9409-0267)
- Phaibun Chiraphatthakun
- Anan Samson Keereemalee
- Wirachat Chiraphatthakun
Institutions
- Loma Linda University (US)
- Providence Alaska Medical Center (US)
- Korea Advertising Society (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/rrtm.s476701
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00