Valoración clínico-genética y neurofisiológica de las personas con discapacidad auditiva en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. Clinical-genetic and neurophysiologic assessment of persons with hearing im- pairment in the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health problems all over the world, affecting people of all age, sex and socioeconomic status. Hearing impairment affects around 17 of 1 000 people younger than 18 years old, the incidence increasing with age: approximately 314 of 1000 persons more than 65 years old have some degree of hearing disability. It can be originated by genetic or environmental causes and, according of the anatomical site...