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| The Dog in your
house is better of than a dumb child as the dog has no language
but can hear, a deaf and dumb child cannot hear too. |
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| Just imagine
the magnitude of the handicap. Making a child dumb is a great
crime you commit on the child. This is due to lack of awareness
and that is why we need to work to educate the society and
prevent dumbness. Helen Keller once said that Deafness cuts
"one off from people",
whereas blindness only cuts "one
off from Things". |
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| First convince yourself
on the need for the same, only after that you can convince
other. |
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| The foremost need
in prevention of dumbness is early detection of hearing loss.
Followed by correct intervention and AVT [Auditory Verbal
Therapy]. |
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the society can do? |
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Train Hearing health
care workers. |
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Raising awareness in the community
and in school. |
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Awareness campaign to create
better understanding on hearing loss [impairment] and the
disability it causes. |
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Clinics to display posters on
hearing impairment and ear care to create awareness. |
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Healthy Ear day. |
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Educate health workers / teachers
/ learners social / religious groups. |
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Games to test for hearing in
children. |
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Help in forming support
groups to help hearing impaired. |
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