Low-cost hearing aids bringing gift of sound to world's poor
2,522 views · Published 25 December 2013 · 2:28 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: CBS Evening News · 2013 · News & Politics
The tiny, high-tech hearing aids Americans can buy are too expensive for most of the estimated 365 million people worldwide with severe hearing loss. Barry Petersen reports on the impact of a low-cost device that's giving the gift of sound using two technologies common even in the world's poorest countries.
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