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WASHINGTON – JUNE 11: Health care representatives participate in a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from representatives of the health care industry on health care reform. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Are your hearing aids helping China spy on you? How about your heart monitor?

Over 5% of the world’s population – or 430 million people – require rehabilitation to address their disabling hearing loss (including 34 million children). It is estimated that by 2050 over 700 million people – or 1 in every 10 people – will have disabling hearing loss