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A severely deaf woman could face a 14-year wait for a new hearing aid on the NHS, it emerged today.
June Hews, 76, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was shocked to discover she was number 582 on the waiting list for a digital hearing aid to replace her analogue one.
But in the last six months she has only moved up only 20 places - meaning that at the current snail's pace of delivery she could expect to get her "new" aid when she is 90. [4hearingloss article continues]
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