Project Report
| Jun 13, 2024
Continuing rehabilitation support for children
By Larysa Kuzmenko | Project Leader
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Sibling Sasha and Maria are 6 and 4 years old. They were among 25 participants who attended the online rehabilitation session in April 2024. This is a wonderful Ukrainian family from Chernivtsi, where the parents also have hearing problems.But the insistence of parents that deaf children learn to hear, speak and be fully adapted into our society is admirable.After all, in addition to rehabilitation classes with specialists, home classes with parents are very important.By the way, Sasha is already in the first grade of a regular school with in-depth study of foreign languages and arts.
During these trying times, our instructors continue helping children with cochlear implants and hearing aids receive quality care online from speech therapists, audiologists, specialists in musical stimulation of speech development, and psychologists. Our online sessions deliver high results despite constant bombardments and air-raid warning.
We would like to thank our sponsors, who supported this project, especially during such a difficult chapter in Ukraine's history.
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Feb 18, 2024
Psychologists help children with hearing problems
By Larysa Kuzmenko | Project Leader
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Sergey is making progress
The story of a nine-year-old boy, Sergey, is, unfortunately, not unlike any other child’s story in the city of Kharkiv. From the very beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sergey and his mother lived in the basement of their house to hide from bombs.
Mom has tried several times to move the family to a safer city but were unable to do so and had to remain in Kharkiv with their elderly grandparents. Sergey has a hearing disability and wears a cochlear implant. At school his second-grade classes are constantly interrupted by air raid sirens, which makes education very stressful. Our team of qualified specialists helps children with hearing disabilities and Sergey, in particular, to continue their important rehabilitation process.
Our specialists continue teaching new skills to develop auditory perception and speech. Additionally, they facilitate psychological rehabilitation, which is very important to our children.
Sergey is getting a lot of benefit from his online classes. In October 2023 we started planning for the upcoming online session by organizing applicants’ data, participant selection and organization of curriculum materials.
On October 11th 24 participants enrolled in our 3-week program. During that time our instructors received multiple messages of gratitude from children’s parents.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to our sponsors for giving us resources to help our cause.
Kind regards,
*Child’s name was changed to protect his privacy
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Oct 23, 2023
Helping children with hearing problems affected by
By Larysa Kuzmenko | Project Leader
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Mark is happy with his success.
The terrible war between Russia and Ukraine caught up with Mark’s family in Kherson. The city was under Russian occupation and his family had to seek refuge in Germany. Mark is now 5 years old and he has problems with speech and hearing. He is hyperactive and has a difficult time maintaining focus. Mark is one of 23 participants of our regular online rehabilitation program, which is scheduled for Nov 11.
Our online program allows us to reach children with hearing aids and cochlear implants who have suffered from Russian military aggression and live far from rehabilitation centers. With our help children receive qualified support needed to develop speech and auditory perception. Our instructors also offer music classes, which are very helpful with development of motility and other mental processes.
We express our sincere thanks to our generous sponsors who continue to help Ukrainian children with hearing aids and cochlear implants to hear and speak better.
Kind regards,
Larysa Kuzmenko
Project Leader
*Child’s name was changed to protect his privacy.
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