“Le truppe che tornano in servizio con una perdita parziale dell’udito corrono un rischio tre volte maggiore di sviluppare un disturbo da stress post-traumatico”, afferma Olena Komar, otorinolaringoiatra

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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[https://frontliner.ua/en/how-ukrainian-surgeons-restore-hearing-to-wounded-soldiers/](https://frontliner.ua/en/how-ukrainian-surgeons-restore-hearing-to-wounded-soldiers/)

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