Today is the 12th Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness on access and inclusion of new technologies. The first edition was held in May 2012 at the behest of Joe Devon and Jennison Asuncion, and since then it has been organized every third Thursday of May.
According to WHO data, more than 5% of the world's population, about 466 million people, has hearing loss that affects quality of life. By 2050 more than 900 million people (or 1 in 10) will have disabling hearing loss.