[Health care of people with visual or hearing disabilities]. / Estado actual de la atención sanitaria de personas con discapacidad auditiva y visual: una revisión breve.

ABSTRACT

Visual or hearing disabilities account for 20% of people reporting some sort of disability. We performed a literature review about the interaction that people with visual or hearing disabilities have with the health care system. We found that these people report a lower quality of life and have a higher frequency of physical and psychological ailments. They also have difficulties to obtain an adequate health care and report a paucity of trained professionals to take care of them.