Education India Project #35739

Gift Sound To Hearing Impaired Child In India

by Save The Children India

Gift Sound To Hearing Impaired Child In India

Project Report | Mar 27, 2019
Dhvani's Journey with Aaradhya

By Akanksha Dhuri | Programme Director

Aaradhya Bhoir underwent her first Cochlear Implant surgery last year in April 2017. There was significant progress seen in Aaradhya after that. She has started responding to all the sounds around her. She now understands all the common simple commands and questions. She now speaks quite a few meaningful words and attends regular Balwadi (Preschool) in her area. However parents realized that hearing only with one ear is not sufficient as Aaradhya finds it difficult to identify the direction of sounds and also faces difficulties in noisy situations. So they decided to do her Cochlear Implant surgery. After relentless efforts of almost one year to collect required resources, her second surgery was done on 8 th October 2018. Dhvani have been observing progress in Aaradhya after her switch on procedure that took place recently at Dhvani. Aaradhya has now emerging as confident listener and independent communicator as she is experiencing normal hearing in true sense as she can now hear with both her ears.

With this she has become the first ever girl child to undergo sequential bilateral cochlear implantation.

Hearing impairment or loss of hearing is one of the most prevalent congenital disabilities in India, with an estimated 8 in 1,000 infants born with moderate to profound hearing impairment. It is also recorded that over 27,000 children are born deaf every year in India.

Early identification and intervention have lifelong implications for the child’s understanding and use of language. Children like Aaradhya who are identified and receive appropriate intervention early are more likely to demonstrate language development within the normal range by the time they enter school.

Your donation has has help us make signifact differance in live of children born with haring loss and your continued support can can strengthen our hands to reah more and reach early.

Thank you for all the support and encouragement.

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Dec 27, 2018
Hearing for the first time because of you

By Jyoti Tajane | Programme Director

The birth of their child, for every parent, is the most momentous moment of their life. It also marks the onset of several moments that leave them teary-eyed; like the first laugh, giggle, babble, crawl, and gesture. But more than any of these, it is the first time they hear their baby speak that leaves a mark in their memory for a lifetime. This said, speech, cognition, and learning abilities are highly dependent on the hearing ability of a child.

Children who are identified and receive appropriate intervention early are more likely to demonstrate language development within the normal range by the time they enter school. If hearing loss is not diagnosed early and accurately, however, the adverse effect is that appropriate services are delayed even longer.

Recognizing this Save The Children India initiated Dhvani – an early intervention center that is equipped in 2010, Dhvani provides access to state-of-art technology and service to hearing impaired children from all strata of society.

The prime motive of the screening programme is to provide valuable treatment at the earliest, thus reducing the trauma associated with hearing impairment. One of the recent medical technology innovations in this space is that of a cochlear implant that can now restore one’s hearing ability and totally transform the life of the hearing-impaired person. The world’s best cochlear implant technology is now available in India. Depending on one’s hearing case and condition, we can avail solutions that best fit our needs and lifestyle.

With the support that we recieved through donation made by you we were able to help two children through their therapies. At Dhvani-Early Intervention we believe in providing quality service to the young hearing impaired children and we are greatful to your support that helped u schieve this.

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