Some 466 million people worldwide suffer from disabling hearing loss, according to the World Health Organization, roughly 5% of the world population. The number is expected to grow to over 900 million by 2050. Around 70-100 million are in China. With fewer than a thousand trained audiologists for 1.3 billion people and an expensive, an imported […]
Author Archives: Frank Hersey
Frank Hersey is a Beijing-based tech reporter who's been coming to China since 2001. He tries to go beyond the headlines to explain the context and impact of developments in China's tech sector. Get in touch with him on frankhersey@technode.com
