Shravana Children’s Deafness Rehabilitation Centre

URGENT

There is no screening programme available in the state.

National Institute of hearing handicapped

Hearing disability constitutes 10% of all disabilities in India. Incidence of disability is highest in the state of Andhra Pradesh 108/100,000. The rest of the country it varies from 2-117 (Rural)/132 (Urban). According to National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) 2002. There is a prevalence of hearing disability, of 300 per 100,000 persons, according to national survey figures. In our target population of 8 million there are 24,000 hearing disabled. 40% of these are children <18 years of age. That constitutes a figure of 9,600 children with hearing disability. Deafness can be mild, moderate, severe or profound. Disability mainly occurs if a person is affected in both ears by moderate to profound deafness. Late diagnosis of deafness causes delay in language development, social stigma and consequently illiteracy.There are no specialised facilities for testing children and rehabilitating them in state 
Govt. sector. There is one central-govt. organisation called National Institute of hearing handicapped located in the outskirts of city providing service with limited resources. 
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Aims of the project:

  1. To identify child either born with or acquired deafness in the first few months of life, evaluate, diagnose, and rehabilitate child with hearing disability, to avoid speech and language delay and social isolation.
  2. Provide training for all staff to deliver a service of high standards at the level achieved in developed countries.
  3. Maintain good database of hearing disabled children in the target population and understand the trends and causes of deafness.

Shravana was officially inaugurated in December 2006. It has been providing the following ''free'' service to the community with the donations from voluntary sector and does not receive any support from the government.

Screening & Rehabilitation

Number Screened to date

159040

Number of children

Hearing Impaired Identified

989

Number of children

Hearing Aids Supplied

1464

Number of children

Integrated into main-stream school

152

boys: 77, girls: 75

Number of children

Number of recipients at University

13

boys: 07, girls: 06

Number of children

Registered charitable trust. No:103320/2005
(September 2005, Hyderabad, India)
10-2300/3 Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad, AP Pincode: 500057

Board members:

Dr. Vijay Pothula
Dr. Ajas Hussain
Mr. Suryakanth
Consultant:
Mrs. Dechu Banerjee

Employed Members:

Manager
Audiologist & Speech therapist
Special needs teacher
Screener

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