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....
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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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