Trauma invisibile della guerra: come i chirurghi ucraini ripristinano l’udito ai soldati feriti

For service members whose hearing was damaged in combat, help is becoming easier to reach. A new microscope at Kyiv’s Hearing Restoration Center is expected to increase the number of complex surgeries performed under a free program and reduce waits that once ran for months, with backlogs at state hospitals stretching up to half a year, notes a report by Frontliner.

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Both my grandfathers fought the Russians as young men during WW2. Both were deaf from one ear and didn’t hear very well with the other one either. Makes me think some level of hearing loss must be the rule, rather than the exception amongst combat veterans.