Free Speech and Hearing Camp
Mangalore: The sense of hearing plays a
vital role in communication. If one has to communicate he needs to have normal
hearing. Hearing and Speech is interrelated. Hearing impairment is a major
disorder which is not noticed due to lack of awareness and ignorance. In this
context “International Hearing Impaired week is celebrated every year in the
last week of September to draw the attention of general public, politicians and
development authorities towards the achievements of hearing impaired people as
well as their community.
Father Muller Medical College Hospital,
Kankanady Mangalore is celebrating the International hearing impaired week by
conducting a free Speech and Hearing camp in the Hospital Outpatient wing,
Department of Speech and Hearing. The camp is scheduled on 22nd
Thursday to 24th September from 10.am to 4pm.The hospital has a full
fledged Speech and hearing department with all the facilities to diagnose and
rehabilitate speech and hearing disorder. The department is associated with the
Father Muller College of Speech and Hearing which provides a four year
bachelors degree in Speech and Hearing which is affiliated to Mangalore
University and recognized by Rehabilitation Council of India.
The objectives of the camp are
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To promote understanding among common people about the problems
of deaf people in the community all over the world.
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To motivate deaf people to learn sign language as an essential
human right.
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To make available the required resources in the community for
deaf people.
·
To promote the deaf people human rights about equal access to
the education and modern technologies.
In
this regard all the people who are registered for the camp will get a free
hearing assessment with the state of the art technology instrument, trial on
various models of hearing instrument(hearing aids),assessment of speech and
language disorders like Stammering, voice problem, articulation problem etc
both in children and adults.
