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Ellen Giles described the inability to use the telephone as “one of the most serious and restrictive consequences of hearing loss” (2005, p. 219). This restriction is more keenly felt now, with the world population at 7 billion, there are more than 6 billion cell phone subscriptions (International Telecommunication Union, 2012).
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