Trusts and Foundations Being deaf or living with hearing loss and tinnitus can enormously impact a person’s quality of life - but support for hearing health is chronically underfunded. This leads to poorer health outcomes, people losing their independence, and preventable barriers to work, education and connection....
No actionable change for clinical practice; this is a fundraising appeal directed at philanthropic grant-making organisations.
Chronic underfunding of hearing health is a structural problem that limits research, treatment access, and service quality — making philanthropic investment in this space a meaningful lever for the field.
- 01RNID identifies chronic underfunding as a key driver of poorer health outcomes for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
- 02Page is directed at trusts and foundations as potential philanthropic funders.
- 03Links lack of funding to measurable health disparities in the affected population.
- 04Part of RNID's broader fundraising strategy.
Hearing health support is chronically underfunded, resulting in poorer health outcomes for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus.
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