செவித்திறன், பேச்சுத்திறன் பயிற்சி கல்லூரி வரும் கல்வியாண்டில் தொடங்கப்படும்!

திருச்சி, செப்.27 செவித்திறன், பேச்சுத்திறன் பயிற்சி கல்லூரி வரும் கல்வியாண்டில் தொடங்கப்படும் என்று திருச்சி பெரியார் மருந்தியல் கல்லூரி பட்டமளிப்பு விழாவில் நிறுவனத் தலைவர் டாக்டர் கி.வீரமணி கூறினார்.

திருச்சி பெரியார் மருந்தியல் கல்லூரியில் பட்டமளிப்பு விழா இன்று (செப்.27) காலை 11 மணிக்கு நிறுவனத் தலைவர் டாக்டர் கி.வீரமணி அவர்கள் தலைமையில் நடைபெற்றது.

இவ்விழாவில் மதராஸ் காது, மூக்கு, தொண்டை ஆராய்ச்சி நிறுவனத்தின் நிர்வாக இயக்குநரும், உலகப் புகழ்பெற்ற காக்ளியர் இம்ப்ளாண்ட் அறுவை சிகிச்சை நிபுணருமான பத்மசிறீ டாக்டர் மோகன் காமேஸ்வரன் சிறப்பு விருந்தினராகக் கலந்து கொண்டு பட்டமளிப்பு விழா உரையாற்றினார். அவர் தமது உரையில்,

உயிர்காக்கும் மருத்துவத் துறை என்பது நாளுக்கு நாள் அபரிமிதமான வளர்ச்சியை அடைந்து வருகிறது. அவ்வளர்ச்சிக்கேற்ப மருந்தாளுநர்கள், தொழில் நுட்பத்துடன் கூடிய ஆராய்ச்சி அறிவினை வளர்த்துக் கொள்வதோடு, சேவை மனப்பான்மையோடும் பணியாற்ற வேண்டுமெனக் கூறி மாணவ, மாணவிகளுக்கு பட்டங்களை வழங்கினார்.

சிறப்பு விருந்தினர் டாக்டர் மோகன் காமேஸ்வரன் அவர்களுக்கு கல்லூரி நிறுவனத் தலைவர் ஆசிரியர் கி.வீரமணி அவர்கள் பயனாடை அணிவித்து நினைவுப் பரிசு வழங்கி சிறப்பு செய்தார்.

பெரியார் மருந்தியல் கல்லூரியின் நிறுவனத் தலைவர் டாக்டர் கி.வீரமணி அவர்கள் தலைமை வகித்துப் பேசும்போது,

நலவாழ்வு என்பது அனைவரையும் சென்றடையவேண்டும்.மருத்துவசிகிச்சை முறைகளில்ஏழை,பணக் காரன் என்ற எவ்வித பாகுபாடுமின்றி தரமான மருத்துவ சேவையை மக்களுக்கு வழங்கும் மருந்தாளுநராக ஒவ் வொருவரும் உருவாக வேண்டும். அத்தகைய தொண்டற மனப்பான்மையோடு மாணவர்கள் சமுதாயத்தில் செயல்படவேண்டும். மேலும் செவித்திறன், பேச்சுத் திறன் பயிற்சிகளுக்காக வரும் கல்வி யாண்டில் கல்லூரி தொடங்கப்படும் என்று கூறினார். பின்னர் பதக்கம் வென்ற மாணவர்களுக்கு வாழ்த்துகளையும்,பாராட்டு களையும் தெரிவித்துக்கொண்டார். இவ் விழாவிற்கு பெரியார் மணியம்மை பல் கலைக்கழக ஆட்சி மன்றக்குழு உறுப்பினர் வீ.அன்புராஜ், பெரியார் மருந்தியல் கல்லூரி தாளாளர் ஞான.செபஸ்தியான் ஆகியோர் முன்னிலை வகித்தனர். பெரியார் மருந்தியல் கல்லூரி முதல்வர் முனைவர் இரா.செந்தாமரை ஆண்டறிக்கை வாசித்தார்.

முன்னதாக பேராசிரியர் முனைவர் அ.மு. இஸ்மாயில் வரவேற்புரையாற்றினார். துணை முதல்வர் கோ.கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி நன்றி கூறினார். இப்பட்டமளிப்பு விழாவில் 38 முதுநிலை மருந்தியல் மாணவர்களும், 107 இளநிலை மருந் தியல் மாணவர்களும் பட்டங்களை பெற்றனர்.

காதுகேளாதோர் சங்கத்தினர் விழிப்புணர்வுப் பேரணி

Audiologists, Otologists call for national policy on treating the deaf

27.09.2017
A hearing aid, which is the cheapest, costs between sh2.5m to sh6m. The cochlear implant is used by those who are completely deaf and it requires surgery costing over sh100m.

HEALTH | ENT

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists have called on the Government to provide funding for surgery for the deaf.

Dr. Micheal Awubwa, a lecturer at Makerere University, noted that if the Government funded surgeries for the deaf, people from poor families would be able to get the services.

According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report 2016, about 330 million people suffer with chronic ear infections or discharging ears worldwide, where 32 million are children.

It further indicates that about five of every 1,000 children are born deaf or hard to hear worldwide, with about 50% cases in Sub-Sahara Africa, where Uganda falls.

According to Awubwa, young people between 12 to 35 years are also at risk of suffering hearing loss, due to exposure to noise in recreation settings like headsets, headphones, and clubs.

He added that about 60% hearing loss among children can be prevented and can be healed if treatment is sought early.

A little girl shows off her hearing aid.

“The cost of developing curriculums for the deaf and other similar activities would be reduced, if the affected people are treated using the hearing aid and a cochlear implant,” he explained.

“The hearing devices are very expensive. Doctors recommend surgery if a parent is financially stable. If not, then they have to communicate using sign language,” he added.

Dr. Doreen Nakku, the head of the ENT department at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), said several Ugandan children are at risk of becoming deaf if there are no urgent government interventions, such as checking hearing at birth.

Awubwa attributes the prevalence of hearing loss in Uganda to having few ENT experts in the country.

“We are only 30 ENT experts responsible for over 35 million people in the country We would require about 800 more experts to combat the problem,” he said.

He cited lack of research, testing equipment for surgeries, explaining that there are only two hospitals - Naguru and Mulago - that have the hearing treatment equipment.

Cost of treatment
There are several devices used to help minors, youths and adults to restore hearing, which include hearing aid, a cochlear nucleus 5 implant and the latest nucleus 6 Kanso, that are all on the pricy side.

A hearing aid, which is the cheapest, costs between sh2.5m to sh6m with a Bluetooth device that enables a child to learn how to speak through phones and TV sets at home.

The cochlear implant is used by those who are completely deaf and it requires surgery costing over $30, 000 (over sh100m) and can be got on order from Nairobi Express Services the main distributors of cochlear implants in East Africa.

There are only 16 children in the country with the cochlear implants and majority of them had surgery either in United Kingdom or India.

However, cochlear surgeries can be conducted at Mulago Hospital which has registered two successful operations and hearing was restored.

After a useful operation, the child undergoes therapy, speech classes by audiologists and Otologists which costs about sh70, 000 a day until the child is able to speak.

Ogwang noted that he spends over ks2000 daily, every two weeks in a month for his son to have speech therapy among others at ABC Wanyaki way Westland in Nairobi.

He however jubilates since his son can afford to hear, and is learning how to speaking.

Maintenance
If properly taken care of, the hearing aid and cochlear plant can last for life but this comes with maintenance costs for spear parts, batteries among others.

A packet of six power batteries used in a hearing aid costs about sh20, 000 and can last of five months which is fair price.

Spare parts for cochlear implants are much more expensive and yet they are the most effective ones, but cables cost sh500, 000, and sh1.3m for a rechargeable battery.

English, Math Training: How a Mumbai Org is Uplifting Hearing Impaired Kids

Students learning at a TEACH centre.

26.09.2017
TEACH trains students, who have studied in vernacular languages, for three years in English & Maths, starting from grade 10, which prepares them for their higher secondary exams in English.

TEACH, or the Training and Educational Centre for Hearing impaired is an initiative that helps deaf students from vernacular medium schools. It also assists them with higher education and professional advice.

Students, who have studied in vernacular languages, are trained for three years in English & Maths, starting from grade 10, which prepares them for their higher secondary exams (H.S.C) in English.

The criteria to appear in the H.S.C exam in the Maharashtra Board is to clear the English language exam in the S.S.C boards. However, members of TEACH realized that most of these students were taught the equivalent of grade 1 or 2 English and hence, were not equipped to take the H.S.C examination.

TEACH also partners with individual schools to teach kids from grade 7 upwards, to supplement their existing syllabus.

Since TEACH aspires to be the stepping stone for educational success today and tomorrow; the team strategised to reach out to the students in schools and teach them English.

Learning English in school will help them save the first year from the three-year program of higher education. English being the universal language of communication, our aim through ELP is to help the students have a strong English written communication and the required knowledge to lead their life independently.

There are very few deaf people employed in corporate or government jobs as not many qualify/ meet the criteria to be placed in these organisations. The differently abled quota (job) for deaf goes unclaimed as they do not meet the necessary educational qualification for these opportunities.

TEACH wants deaf children to use the opportunity and be eligible for jobs that can have them placed in government & corporate jobs.

They implement the Indian Sign Language (ISL) in their teaching and communication with the students.

The initiative adopts the methodology of “Total Communication” a blend of sign language and oral communication for educating children.

Also, it involves volunteers from top B-schools and colleges well equipped with knowledge sharing skills and will to support.

The initial plan is to reach out to the children all over Mumbai and then extend its reach to the rest of the nation.

By Heena Singh

The team is working and tapping in to each and every possible kind of donation, funding and
means to raise funds which will encourage the students to dream a better future. Along with
reaching out to students in Mumbai, TEACH plans to spread its footprint across cities in the near
future to cater to as many students as possible. To do so they will need help, support, contribution
and encouragement from all quarters.

காதுகேளாதோருக்கு ஒட்டுநர் உரிமம் வழங்கக் கோரி விழிப்புணர்வு பயணம்

Hearing impaired Mallika bags silver at int’l chess meet

Jalandhar, September 24
Bringing laurels to the city, Mallika Handa, who is hearing impaired and a resident of Green Avenue, bagged a silver medal at the 1st Asian Disabled Open Chess Championship held from September 14 to 22 at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It was her fifth title in a row at the international level.

“After playing seven tough games, Mallika secured a silver medal and missed on gold with half points against a player from Turkestan, who was four times elder than Mallika”, said Mallika’s mother.

She said Mallika faced a tough competition from all opponents in seven games she played and all of them were very much experienced. She said Mallika participated in the open category.

As Mallika was the first Indian girl who won a gold medal in the International Deaf and Dumb Chess Championship that was held in Mongolia in 2015, she holds a tremendous record at the international and national level.

She won gold at the 19th National Championship for the Deaf that was held at Tirur in Kerala in March this year. Mallika had played five chess international championship in which she won three gold and two silver medals.

Deaf but not Dumb – Noida Deaf Society

24.09.2017
Getting up in the morning irritated by the alarm clock, being called for breakfast, hearing your phone ring, being called by your nickname, being teased or teasing others, getting cranky by the traffic noises, shutting yourself out from the world by plugging in your earphones, being shouted at by the boss – which most probably is your wife, going to a Arijit Singh concert and asking for a pass while playing football. These are all the random things you’ve been experiencing in your day to day life but have you ever given thought as to how your life would function in every small aspect if you were not able to hear. Imagine how things would change for you, how difficult little things would become for you and how you would become displeased or happy depending if you are married. Now imagine the life of all those people who’ve got impaired hearing.

Challenges and competence

People with hearing impairments face a lot of challenges related to communication and employment. They are not different in any way except for the fact that the communication methods needed for them are different. Since they need different communication structure their ease of functioning in the society gets hampered with. Thus they face employment problems and problem playing team sports and other interactive sports. But brushing aside the difficulties they have a heightened sense of perception through their eyes. They can’t hear you but they can listen to you through their eyes. Thereby to understand their situation better we need more awareness in our corporates, sports and our social interaction.

Noida Deaf Society
To achieve such motive the Noida Deaf Society organized the ‘RUN FOR HOPE’ marathon at 9th September 2017 near DPS, sector 30, Noida. It was a 3 Km marathon for all where over 200 people participated amongst which most of them were students studying in the Delhi – NCR region affiliated with the Noida deaf Society. They had arranged prizes for the top 3 finishers and what was truly amazing was that the 1’st and the 3’rd position were backed by deaf individuals. They along with students of DPS were able to raise funds for the event through sponsorships, donations and registration fees for the event which benefited the deaf community. To know more about this NGO visit – www.noidadeafsociety.org

Their Motive

They organized this event to promote sports in the deaf community and to motivate them t keep pursuing such activities. It was all meant to bring awareness to the general people about their community and challenges faced by them. It thus was meant for developing an inclusive society with the community being able to involve themselves in society and start functioning with ease.

Conclusion

It is thus required that we bring in awareness of the community and such NGOs and organizations so that these communities are benefitted. What we truly need is not sympathy for such individuals but rather an empathy of their needs and problems. It’s only after we start empathizing and understanding their capabilities, communication and talent would we come to a truly inclusive society. And to achieve this one can’t find a better way than sports for bringing in unity and celebration. Sports thus acts as a way of accepting differences and celebrating inclusive individuality. Therefore sports has such a high value in life and society and must always be supported and promoted.

அக்டோபர் 6-இல் மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகளுக்கான விளையாட்டுப் போட்டி

World Deaf Day: Lets hear them out

New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) Deepak Narang works in a KFC outlet, loves "hotel wala khana", dreams of meeting Virat Kohli one day. And yes, he happens to be deaf.

Deepak, who joined KFC about six months ago, wears his disability lightly. Like many other differently abled moving from the sidelines to the mainstream, the 30-year-old says emphatically that he isnt looking for the sympathy factor.

Companies, including chains like KFC and Sagar Ratna as well as the Taj Group of Hotels and Lemon Tree Hotels, which employ those with hearing impairments are not looking for it either.

So when Deepak, who has a diploma in hair dressing, decided to quit a famous hair salon, he knew he would find options. And didnt think twice.

"There was too much shifting from one store to another in my previous job. So I decided to leave it," Deepak, who works in the kitchen and supply section in KFCs Vasant Kunj branch, said in sign language.

His colleague and friend Sonia, whose hairstyle he says doesnt impress him, interprets for him.

Ranjeet Singh, who has been working in KFC for seven years, is equally confident of doing his job - and doing it well. The 35-year-old, called a "product champion" for his ability to swiftly assemble a meal for a customer, wonders what his hearing impairment has to do with his job.

"People in villages think of hearing impairment or some other such thing as a taboo?but not here in Delhi or other big cities. They watch television, read papers? they understand," he said.

Putting a stamp of approval on their efficiency is Sharmistha Venyshetty, area manager of the food brand.

"This outlets Zomato rating is one of the best in Delhi. In our guest survey portal, we get excellent customer service compliments. And the good thing is they have been consistent. So just no complaints at all from this team here," said Sharmistha about the Vasant Kunj outlet that has 11 differently-abled employees.

KFC currently has more than 170 hearing impaired employees at 20 restaurants across India.

Other companies follow similar policies.

At Delhis Taj Mahal Hotel, for instance, Ruchi Vyas, who is hearing impaired, has been working for the in-house spa as an associate for over 30 years. Then there is Pradeep Thapa in the bakery section and Veeru, who goes by one name, in the housekeeping department of the five-star property.

"We are committed to creating an all-inclusive workplace, where each member is respected and motivated to contribute to the growth of the organisation. Our hiring policy recognises the potential in each employee, including those who are specially abled," said Binu Nair, human resource manager, The Taj Mahal Hotel.

Change has been slow in coming but it is here, thanks to the efforts of people like National Deaf Society founder Ruma Roka.

NDS has successfully generated employment for over 1,600 hearing impaired students in brands such as Standard Chartered, NIIT, Costa Coffee and Pearson.

"The deaf are not dumb. And people have realised it by now. I remember in the beginning, the doors were very firmly closed for their employment? they used to tell me, Very good work. Take this Rs 5,000, but we cant employ them. This has changed for good now.

"The same companies are now coming year after year saying they have this opening or another. This is because they realise that the deaf are less distracted and more productive."

Roka started NDS in 2005 from her two-bedroom flat in Noida with just five students and now has five centres across India - taking in students aged five to 35 and teaching them a spectrum of skills.

"My students are winning employees of the month awards and the drop out rate is also low. In short, this is a win-win situation for both," said Roka.

It indeed is.

There are many sounds in this silence, for anyone interested in listening.

மனு வாங்க மறுத்த தாசில்தார் : கார் முன் படுத்த காது கேளாத மாற்றுத்திறனாளி

21.09.2017

திருவண்ணாமலை: சான்று வழங்க, 6,000 ரூபாய் லஞ்சம் கேட்ட, வி.ஏ.ஓ., உதவியாளர் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கக் கோரி, செங்கம் தாசில்தார் கார் முன் படுத்து, மாற்றுத் திறனாளி தர்ணாவில் ஈடுபட்டார்.

திருவண்ணாமலை மாவட்டம், போயம்பள்ளி தண்டா கிராமத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர் ரவி, 50; காது கேளாத மாற்றுத் திறனாளி. இவர், அரசு உதவித் தொகை பெற, சான்றுக்காக, கிராம, வி.ஏ.ஓ.,வின் உதவியாளர் குப்பன், 45, என்பவரை, ஓராண்டாக அணுகி வருகிறார்.
குப்பன், 6,000 ரூபாய் லஞ்சம் கேட்டுள்ளார். தன்னிடம் பணம் இல்லை என, ரவி கூறினார். இதனால், சான்று வழங்காமல் அலைக்கழித்தார். இந்நிலையில், செங்கம் அரசு பள்ளியில், உள்ளாட்சி தேர்தல் பணி குறித்த பயிற்சி முகாம், நேற்று நடந்தது. இதில், செங்கம் தாசில்தார் உதயகுமார் பங்கேற்றார். அப்போது, கிராம உதவியாளர் லஞ்சம் கேட்பது குறித்து, தாசில்தாரிடம் ரவி மனு அளித்தார். மனுவை வாங்க மறுத்த தாசில்தார், காரில் ஏறி புறப்பட தயாரானார். உடனே ரவி, தாசில்தார் காரின் முன் படுத்து, தர்ணா போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டார். அங்கிருந்த ஊழியர்கள், அவரை அப்புறப்படுத்தி, தாசில்தாரை அனுப்பி வைத்தனர். 

மனுவை தாசில்தார் வாங்க மறுத்த சம்பவம், அங்கிருந்தவர்கள் மத்தியில் அதிருப்தியை ஏற்படுத்தியது.

காதுகேளாதோர் பள்ளி ஆசிரியையிடம் நகை பறிப்பு

US police fatally shoot deaf man despite neighbors’ warnings

Chicago, Sep 22 (AFP) Police in Oklahoma came under intense scrutiny for fatally shooting a deaf man who failed to respond to their commands, even as neighbors were alerting officers of the man’s disability.

Officers went to the Oklahoma City home of Magdiel Sanchez looking for his father yesterdy, who was involved in a hit-and-run car accident. They instead killed the 35-year-old who could neither hear nor speak, according to witnesses.

Neighbors said they were trying to intervene by yelling “he can’t hear you,” to prevent the Tuesday night shooting outside Sanchez’s home, but police did not heed their warnings.

“As the police pulled up, we was all… screaming at the cops not to shoot,” neighbor Julio Rayos told reporters.

Oklahoma’s deaf community questioned the police use of deadly force, while the American Civil Liberties Union offered a scathing rebuke yesterday.

“Magdiel Sanchez was shot at his own home, without having committed any crime,” said the ACLU’s Allie Shinn. “Merely failing to follow commands is an unacceptable defense for the use of lethal force.”

During the confrontation, Sanchez was holding in his right hand a two-foot metal pipe with a leather loop. Police said they believe the object was designed to be a weapon.

Sanchez did not respond to officers’ commands to drop the pipe, and Lieutenant Matthew Lindsey fired a Taser while Sergeant Christopher Barnes fired his gun. Sanchez died at the scene.

Police could not say why the officers fired different weapons, but not all members of the department have access to non-lethal Tasers.

Neither officer was outfitted with a body camera, but police interviewed multiple witnesses who were cooperating with a criminal investigation.

“It’s a crying shame,” one witness, who asked not to be identified, told The Oklahoman newspaper. “I believe they could have disarmed him without shooting.” Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty said Thursday that he would meet with groups representing the disabled, the newspaper reported.

“We have a responsibility to serve the entire public, regardless of who they are, what disability they have,” the newspaper quoted Citty as saying.

A leader at the Oklahoma Association of the Deaf told TV station KWTV that police need more training.

“I don’t know why this situation so quickly escalated,” JR Reininger said. “There were two police officers and one deaf man with one metal rod.” (AFP)

செவித்திறன் குன்றியோர் பள்ளியை மேம்படுத்த உத்தரவு

19.09.2017

மதுரை: உயர்நீதிமன்ற மதுரை கிளையில், அலங்காநல்லுார் கருப்பையா தாக்கல் செய்த பொதுநல மனு: விருதுநகர் சூலக்கரையில், செவித்திறன்குன்றியோருக்கான அரசு உயர்நிலைப் பள்ளி உள்ளது. இங்கு பள்ளி மற்றும் விடுதி கட்டடத்தை சீரமைக்க வேண்டும். போதிய கழிப்பறை, குடிநீர் வசதி செய்ய வேண்டும். 'இன்டர்நெட்' இணைப்பு வழங்க வேண்டும்.

நகல் எடுக்கும் இயந்திரம் நிறுவ வேண்டும். தலைமை ஆசிரியர் உட்பட இதர காலிப் பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பக்கோரி கலெக்டருக்கு மனு அனுப்பினேன். நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு மனு செய்திருந்தார். நீதிபதிகள், கே.கே.சசிதரன், ஜி.ஆர்.சுவாமிநாதன் அமர்வு விசாரித்தது.

பின், நீதிபதிகள் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு: இதுபோல் மாநிலத்தில், 10 பள்ளிகள் போதிய வசதிகள், ஊழியர்கள் இன்றி உள்ளதாக மனுதாரர் குறிப்பிடுகிறார். இவற்றை மேம்படுத்த, தேவையான நிதி ஒதுக்கீடு மற்றும் இதர வசதிகள் செய்ய அரசின் சமூக நலம் மற்றும் ஊட்டச்சத்துத்துறை முதன்மை செயலரும், மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் நலத்துறை இயக்குனரக கமிஷனரும் பொது நலன் கருதி நடவடிக்கை எடுப்பர் என, இந்நீதிமன்றம் நம்புகிறது. வழக்கை பைசல் செய்கிறோம்.

இவ்வாறு உத்தரவில் கூறியிருந்தனர்.

Why kids are speechless even after hearing implants

19.09.2017
10-year-old Hrithik and 8-year-old Nisha were born deaf. Their father sold land to put together Rs 5.5 lakh to get cochlear implants for them as contributions from the prime minister's relief fund and other donations weren't enough to cover the cost. Though the implantation was done in a government hospital, the family could not afford to make the frequent trips from beyond Gurgaon to the capital for the speech therapy following the surgery. The therapy is crucial for the children to recognise sounds they hear and to start talking. Irregular participation in therapy sessions in the government hospital and not being able to afford them in private clinics, has meant that three years after the implantation, the children still cannot speak. Out of work now, the father struggles to get the children the required therapy.

Six-year-old Arman got a cochlear implant in a Delhi private hospital four years back. It cost the parents Rs 7 lakh. The hospital gave him speech therapy for two months as part of the 'package', after which his parents were told he could be taken back to the village in Moradabad and admitted in a school since he could hear. Four years later, discovering that Arman can neither speak nor understand sounds, desperation has forced his mother to move to Delhi with his older brother, who has been pulled out of school, so that Aman can attend speech therapy sessions offered by an NGO. The hospital only told them that with a cochlear implant the child could hear. They begged and borrowed from the extended family to pay for surgery. They continue to spend on implant maintenance. But the child is yet to speak or understand speech though he can hear.

Such stories abound among poor children who have got cochlear implants. The families don't have the means to either have regular speech therapy or to maintain implants. Ironically, only the poorest (family earnings not exceeding Rs 20,000 per month) qualify for the government programme for free implants.

While surgeons and hospitals empanelled to do the surgery boast of the number of implants they have done in these programmes, there appears to be little follow up to ascertain whether all the poor children given implants have truly benefitted.

Are families for whom ENT surgeons enthusiastically recommend cochlear implants ever told of the huge commitment of money and time they have to take on after the surgery? Are they counselled about the almost three-year period of intense speech therapy and training of parents crucial for the child to start hearing and speaking? In many cases, there has been little or no counselling. Counselling would check whether they have the means to replace the lead wires (Rs 1,250-2,000) that get damaged easily? Also, can they afford to replace the external processor (Rs 25,000-30,000), the battery charger (Rs 17,500) or the four rechargeable batteries (Rs 8,000) if any of these stop working? Do they have the money (Rs 2,000 a year) for at least two sessions needed every year to fine tune the device for the rest of their life? Since this isn't ascertained, hundreds of children have gone back to being deaf as the implants stopped working when the processor or lead wire got damaged.

Cochlear implant surgery, which is beyond the reach of most people, took off once governments came forward to pay for them. With the central government's free cochlear implantation programme (Rs 6 lakh per child) and similar outlays of various state programmes in seven states, there is a race among surgeons to implant, especially in states where they procure the implants themselves as there are generous commissions for surgeons and hospitals.

Identified through screening camps in rural or mofussil areas, these children are brought, mostly to large cities where empanelled hospitals, pre-dominantly private ones, are located. Once implanted, most poor parents find it difficult to stay on in the city for the child to undergo the extended speech therapy or to make the trek from their homes to the therapy centres for the 104-156 sessions in one year for which the government pays. And that's when the ordeal really begins.

"The needs of a child differ depending on the type and extent of hearing loss and the age at which they are getting implanted. Most children need intensive therapy of 3-4 sessions per week for the first six months after which the frequency can be reduced if parents are educated enough or trained to do the therapy at home. With intensive speech therapy and financial capability to maintain the implant for a lifetime, cochlear implants could make a huge difference. Without the therapy and the means for maintenance it is a cruel joke to submit these children to this surgery," explained an ENT surgeon.

Job opportunities discussed for differently abled at GGNIMT

17.09.2017 Summary: That is why PM Narendra Modi has started this programme to get the youths skilled in the country. It was organised in association with Punjab Federation of the Deaf by Mentors India, an organisation working for skill development. Tribune News ServiceLudhiana, September 17‘Kaushal Mela’ was organsied at Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Civil Lines, today in order to apprise differently abled persons about the opportunities for them. Navjit Singh from Mentors India said this is for the first time when differently abled persons have been invited together for enrolment in the free skill development programmes which are being run under the Prime Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. He said that the organisation also works as a link so that the students of the two-month programmes can get a job.

Ludhiana, September 17 ‘Kaushal Mela’ was organsied at Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Civil Lines, today in order to apprise differently abled persons about the opportunities for them. It was organised in association with Punjab Federation of the Deaf by Mentors India, an organisation working for skill development. Navjit Singh from Mentors India said this is for the first time when differently abled persons have been invited together for enrolment in the free skill development programmes which are being run under the Prime Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana , As Reported By Tribune.

According to the Newspaper,He said at present, training is being given to youths under three trades including data entry, sewing machine operating and mobile repair. Sukrit Bansal, from the organisation, said there is a skill development centre under this scheme which is being run at the college for over an year where training for data entry is being given to such people. The training is being provided to them along with normal youths.

Hearing-impaired Rina Vansphoda applies henna on Mrs Abe’s hand

As the Blind People's Association (BPA) in the city welcomed Japan's first lady Akie Abe on Thursday morning, the students were all overwhelmed by her presence. Going beyond the protocol, Mrs PM, who was on a two-day visit to the city, got a Japanese neck massage from a blind student, hair art and henna by hearing-impaired girls and also made Diyas at their training centre.

Nandini Rawal, Executive Director of BPA said, "Mrs Abe hugged, blessed and touched all our students. She was extremely down to earth." Hearing-impaired Rina Vansphoda, 19, was fortunate to get a chance to apply henna on her hand.

Vansphoda, a resident of Narol, through her interpreter, said, "I have been practising sessions on many people but I never thought of applying henna on Mrs Abe's hand. Her hands were so soft and tender." Urmila Vaghmashi, a blind student, said, "I massaged Mrs Abe's neck. It was a neck relief pain massage that I learnt during my two years course here."

60% of hearing loss in children is attributable to preventable causes: Dr Mohan Kameswaran

15.09.2017

6 out of every 1000 children born in Tamil Nadu are born profoundly deaf. It is attributed to widespread practice of consanguineous marriages.

In an interview with ETHealthworld, Prof and Dr Mohan Kameswaran, MD, Madras ENT Research Foundation (P) Ltd., Chennai, discusses the burden of deafnessin the country and more precisely in Tamil Nadu, reckoned as the deaf state of the country. Edited Excerpts:

How prevalent is deafness in the country and what are the underlying reasons?
Deafness is the most poignant of all handicaps. A person who is deaf does not elicit sympathy as you just look like any other person and nobody knows that this person is profoundly deaf. If somebody talks to him and he doesn't respond, he is usually mistaken for a fool or either a very arrogant person. In double handicap, somebody who is born profoundly deaf is also dumb, with no language so they can’t communicate or fight for their rights. Deafness is also the commonest congenital anomaly that affects children globally. All over the world one in every thousand live births is born profoundly deaf and an additional three or four of them have partial degrees of deafness. Partial deafness is correctable with a hearing aid but profound deafness is not. It often needs more integrate interventions which are more costly and expensive. As per WHO statistics, the burden of deafness is twice in India as compared to the world. Our own state Tamil Nadu is the deaf state of the country. 6 out of every 1000 children born in Tamil Nadu are born profoundly deaf and the reason is the widespread practice of consanguineous marriages. This results in genetic intermixing of recessive genes from both parents and there is a high prevalence of deafness and other congenital consequences.

What are the challenges and how would you like to address them?
The problems have to be addressed in several levels, the easiest part is to diagnose a problem and then the next question is what we do after the diagnosis? We have to intervene. Thanks to development in technology, we can actually diagnose a child at birth and it is a standard practise in most developed countries now. Before a child is discharged from a hospital, the child has to go through a mandatory hearing screening test and it either passes the test or doesn't. If the child doesn't pass the test, we closely monitor the child and do tests at periodic intervals. So intervention has to start well before the child reaches a few months of age but we don't have such a scheme in India though we are trying to diagnose them early. In our country very often the parents start suspecting that the child has a hearing problem beyond 1-2 years of age when the child is not developing a language. When a child's hearing is delayed it is the first indication that something is seriously wrong and this child needs a very comprehensive evaluation to find more about the problem. If you have 10 children who are found profoundly deaf, two of them are syndromic which means one of the systems is affected. The child could be going blind, having problems of the heart, problem of the kidney etc. So there may be other associated anomalies and you have to look for that also. The workup of a child who is profoundly deaf is very comprehensive. In a good facility you have to have a knowledgeable person looking after the child as a whole and also trying to establish the cost of deafness as a well as the extent and severity of deafness.

How has technology helped us to restore hearing?
Fortunately, a lot good developments have happened in this field in the last 20 years. If we talk about the cochlear implants it is an extremely intricate device which is surgically placed in the inner ear or cochlea. 95 percent of children who are profoundly deaf have that problem in the cochlea and only in 5 percent the problem rises beyond that. In cochlear implants we surgically place an implant into the inner ear and we are able to stimulate this cochlear by picking up sounds from outside and then sequentially stimulating the cochlear in different places. We are able to give back the essence of hearing to the child and by doing this we can restore hearing and with that comes speech and language.

Role and contribution of Madras ENT Research Foundation in fighting deafness
With cochlear implants we have been able to give hundreds and thousands of children in Tamil Nadu alone. We have been in the forefront of fighting against deafness for the last 20 years and Madras ENT Research Foundation as a pioneer in this area introduced cochlear implants in this part of the world. We have been talking to our policy makers in this state and one of our greatest achievements has been to introduce cochlear implants free of cost to every child who needs it in the state. This is one state where a child who is born profoundly deaf can have completely free evaluation, diagnosis, intervention with a cochlear implant and then a subsequent rehabilitation. This is a very far sighted scheme by the state and it is a very cost intensive and the most cost effective scheme in the state. With this we have been able to dream and create a deafness free state in the next four to five years. The state has agreed a proposal from us to start a universal neonatal hearing screening programme and this is a unique challenge in this country because a lot of children are born at home. We are now trying to have a screening program in maternity hospitals but also combine it with the vaccination programme with oral polio vaccination scheme where the children have more than 95 percent coverage. This is a pilot scheme initially being tried out in two districts in Tamil Nadu and hopefully in the next few years it will spread out over the length and breadth of the state.

Man arrested for raping speech and hearing impaired woman

The 27-year-old woman, who was speech and hearing impaired, lived in
Palghar’s Dahanu area with her parents and worked at a construction site where
 the man was also employed as a supervisor, an official at
Dahanu police station said.

14.09.2017
According to a complaint filed by the woman's father on Tuesday night, the supervisor allegedly raped his daughter at the construction site at Patolpada in Dahanu earlier this year.

The police on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping a physically challenged woman following which she became pregnant.

The 27-year-old woman, who was speech and hearing impaired, lived in Palghar’s Dahanu area with her parents and worked at a construction site where the man was also employed as a supervisor, an official at Dahanu police station said.

According to a complaint filed by the woman’s father on Tuesday night, the supervisor allegedly raped his daughter at the construction site at Patolpada in Dahanu earlier this year.

The man later refused to marry her when she became pregnant, the police said quoting the complaint.

Based on the complaint, the police arrested the man in the wee hours today and booked him under IPC section 376 (rape), police said, adding that further investigation was on.

கலசலிங்கம் பல்கலை.யில் வாய்பேச இயலாத காதுகேளாத மாணவர்களுக்கு வளாக நேர்காணல்

காது கேளாதோருக்கான எஸ்.வி. பள்ளி: தத்தெடுத்த தேவஸ்தான பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரி

திருப்பதியில் தத்தெடுத்த எஸ்.வி. காது கேளாதோர் பள்ளியை
சுத்தப்படுத்தும் தேவஸ்தான தலைமை
பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரி ரவிகிருஷ்ணா
மற்றும் கண்காணிப்பு ஊழியர்கள்.

13.09.2017
திருப்பதியில் உள்ள காது கேளாதோருக்கான ஸ்ரீ வெங்கடேஸ்வரா தேவஸ்தான பள்ளியை திருமலை திருப்பதி தேவஸ்தான தலைமை பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரி ரவிகிருஷ்ணா நேற்று தத்தெடுத்தார்.

திருப்பதி அலிபிரி அருகே காது கேளாதோருக்கான ஸ்ரீ வெங்கடேஸ்வரா தேவஸ்தான பள்ளி உள்ளது. இந்த பள்ளி முறையான பராமரிப்பின்றி இருந்தது. ஆதலால், இதை தத்தெடுத்துக்கொள்ள விரும்புவதாக தேவஸ்தான தலைமை பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரி ரவிகிருஷ்ணா தலைமை தேவஸ்தான அதிகாரிக்கு விண்ணப்பித்தார். இதற்கு அனுமதி வழங்கியதையடுத்து, சுமார் 150 கண்காணிப்பு ஊழியர்களுடன் ஸ்ரீ வெங்கடேஸ்வரா காது கேளாதோர் பள்ளியை சுத்தப்படுத்தும் பணியில் நேற்று ஈடுபட்டனர். இப்பள்ளிக்கு வெளிநாட்டில் வாழும் இந்திய பக்தர்கள் பலர் உதவ முன் வந்துள்ளதாக பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரி ரவிகிருஷ்ணா செய்தியாளர்களிடம் தெரிவித்தார்.

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மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு மோட்டார் பொருத்திய விலையில்லா தையல் இயந்திரம்: விண்ணப்பதாரர்களுக்கு தகுதிகள்

சென்னை, செப். 12–

சென்னை மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு மோட்டார் பொருத்திய விலையில்லா தையல் இயந்திரம் பெற விண்ணப்பங்கள் வரவேற்கப்படுகின்றன என கலெக்டர் அன்புச்செல்வன் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.

சென்னை மாவட்டத்தில் இதுவரை தையல் இயந்திரம் பெறாத மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு மோட்டார் பொருத்திய தையல் இயந்திரம் பெற விண்ணப்பங்கள் வரவேற்கப்படுகின்றன. இத்திட்டத்தின் கீழ் பயன்பெற மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கான தேசிய அடையாள அட்டை பெற்றிருக்கவேண்டும். கல்வித்தகுதி தேவை இல்லை எனினும் வயது 18 முதல் 45 வரை இருத்தல் வேண்டும், வருமான வரம்பு ஏதும் இல்லை. அரசு அல்லது தனியார் நிறுவனங்களிலிருந்து தையல் தெரியும் எனச் சான்று பெற்று இருத்தல் வேண்டும். இத்தகுதி உடையவர்கள் காது கேளாத மற்றும் கால்கள் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் வெள்ளைத்தாளில் விண்ணப்பத்தினை பூர்த்தி செய்து மேலே கேட்கப்பட்டுள்ள தகுதிகளின் நகல்களுடன் மாவட்ட மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் நல அலுவலர், டி.எம்.எஸ் வளாகம், சென்னை (தொலைபேசி எண் 044-2431 5758) என்ற முகவரியில் விண்ணப்பிக்கவும். இவ்வாறு கலெக்டர் அன்புச்செல்வன் கேட்டுக்கொண்டுள்ளார்.

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நாகை மாவட்டம் சீர்காழியில் இருக்கிறது அந்த பஞ்சர் கடை. இதன் உரிமையாளரான 28 வயது இளைஞர் பாக்கியராஜ் பம்பரமாய் சுழன்று கொண்டிருக்கிறார். சீர்காழி - மயிலாடுதுறை நெடுஞ்சாலையில் பரபரப்பான தென்பாதியில் இருப்பதால் பாக்கியராஜின் பஞ்சர் கடையும் எந்நேரமும் பரபரப்பாய் இயங்குகிறது.

காற்றுப் பிடிக்க, பஞ்சர் போட என வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் வந்த வண்ணமிருக்கிறார்கள். அத்தனை பேருக்கும் அவகாசம் போட்டு வேலையை முடித்துக் கொடுக்கும் பாக்கியராஜ், காது கேளாத, வாய் பேசாத மாற்றுத் திறனாளி. இருந்தாலும், அதை வெளிக் காட்டிக் கொள்ளாமல் சராசரி மனிதர்களைப் போல இயங்குகிறார். கடையில் இவருக்கு உதவியாக இருக்கும் மணிகண்டனும் இவரைப்போல காது கேளாத, வாய் பேசாத மாற்றுத்திறனாளி தான்.

களம் அமைத்த பாக்கியராஜ்

பேசமுடிந்தவர்கள் யாரிடமும் எதைவேண்டுமானாலும் பேசிவிடலாம். எதையும் எளிதில் பகிர்ந்து கொண்டுவிடலாம். ஆனால், வாய் பேசமுடியாத வர்கள் தங்களது எண்ணங்களையும் உணர்வுகளையும் யாரிடம் எப்படிப் பகிர்ந்துகொள்வார்கள்? இந்தக் கவலையைப் போக்க தனது பஞ்சர் கடையிலேயே களம் அமைத்திருக்கிறார் பாக்கியராஜ்.

வாய்பேச முடியாத, காது கேளாத மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் பத்துப் பேர் தினமும் மாலைநேரத்தில் இந்தப் பஞ்சர் கடைக்கு வந்துவிடுகிறார்கள். இவர்கள் அனைவருமே 25 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட இளைஞர்கள். டெய்லர் மகேஷ் மயிலாடுதுறையிலிருந்து தினமும் இங்கு வந்துவிடுகிறார். பி.ஏ., பட்டதாரியான முகேஷ், 12-ம் வகுப்புப் படித்துவிட்டு கொத்தனார் வேலை பார்க்கும் தீபக்குமார், வைத்தீஸ்வரன்கோயிலைச் சேர்ந்த டூவீலர் மெக்கானிக் விக்னேஷ், பரோட்டா மாஸ்டர் ஜெயிலானி, டிரைவர் சிவகுமார் இப்படிப் பலரும் கூடிவிட, மாலை நேரத்தில் பாக்கியராஜின் பஞ்சர் கடையில் ஜமா களைகட்டுகிறது.

இங்கு, ஒரே அலைவரிசை கொண்ட இந்த நண்பர்கள் கூடி அரட்டையடிக்கும் காட்சியை காணக் கண்கோடி வேண்டும். ஒவ்வொருவராக உள்ளே நுழையும்போது அவர்களுக்கான மவுன மொழியில் வரவேற்பதாகட்டும்.. அணிந்திருக்கும் உடைகள் மீதான விமர்சனங்களாகட்டும்.. அனைத்தும் வாய்மொழிகளைவிட வலியதாகவே இருக்கிறது. அரசியல், காதல், கசமுசா, நீட்தேர்வு, வேலையில்லாத் திண்டாட்டம், அனிதா தற்கொலை, விவசாயிகள் போராட்டம் என அத்தனை விஷயங்களையும் இவர்கள் அப்டேட்டுடன் அற்புதமாய் விவாதிக்கிறார்கள்.

இதில், முகேஷ், மகேஷ், பாக்கியராஜ் இவர்கள் மூவரும் திருமணமானவர்கள். பாக்கியராஜின் மனைவி சுகந்தியும் வாய் பேசமுடியாத மாற்றுத்திறனாளிதான். இவர்களின் திருமணத்தை நடத்தி வைத்ததே இந்த மாலை நேரக் கச்சேரி குழுதானாம்! இவரைப் போலவே மகேஷும் வாய்பேச முடியாத மாற்றுத்திறனாளிப் பெண் ஒருவரைத்தான் மணந்திருக்கிறார்.

திருமணமான மூவரும் மற்றவர்களின் காதல் குறித்து கலாய்ப்பதும் பதிலுக்கு அவர்கள் இவர்களை ரகளை கட்டுவதும் அங்கே நடக்கும் மவுன பாஷையின் நவரசங்கள். ஒட்டுமொத்தக் குழுவும் இலக்கு வைத்துத் ‘தாக்கும்’ நபராய் இருக்கிறார் முகேஷ். அவரை கண்டபடி கலாய்க்கிறது கூட்டம்; அத்தனைக்கும் சளைக்காமல் பதிலடி கொடுக்கிறார் கில்லாடியான முகேஷ்!

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இவர்களின் இந்த மாலை நேர கொண்டாட்டத்தில், தலைநரைத்த இரண்டு பெரியவர்களையும் பார்க்க முடிகிறது. காது கேளாத மாற்றுத்திறனாளியான டெய்லர் பன்னீர்செல்வமும், கடலைக்கடையில் வேலை பார்த்து ஓய்வுபெற்ற கலியமூர்த்தியும்தான் அந்த சிறப்பு விருந்தினர்கள்! இந்த மாற்றுத்திறனாளி இளைஞர்களின் கேலி, கிண்டல்களை ரசிக்கும் இவர்கள், தங்களது எண்ணங்களையும் இவர்களோடு பகிர்ந்துகொண்டு, கொஞ்சநேரம் மட்டும் இங்கே இளைஞர்களாய் இருந்துவிட்டுப் போகிறார்கள்.

இந்தக் குழுவை ஆதரித்து, அன்புகாட்ட பஞ்சர் கடை இருக்கும் இடத்தின் உரிமையாளர் கணேசன் இருக்கிறார். இவரும் இங்கு அவ்வப்போது ஆஜராகி விடுகிறார். இவர்தான் பாக்கியராஜுக்கு வாடகைக்கு கடை கொடுத்து தொழில் தொடங்கச் சொன்னவர். இப்போது பாக்கியராஜுக்கும் அவரது நண்பர்களுக்கும், மற்றவர்களுக்கும் இவர்தான் உறவுப் பாலம்! இந்த இளைஞர்களுக்குள் ஏற்படும் சிறு சச்சரவுகள், இவர்களுக்கான பணத் தேவைகள் அத்தனையும் கணேசனால் தீர்த்து வைக்கப்படுகிறது.

எங்களுக்கான மனமகிழ் மன்றம்

அடிக்கடி உட்கார்ந்து கதை கேட்பதால் கணேசனுக்கும் இவர்களின் மவுன பாஷை அத்துபடியாகி விட்டது. நம்மைப் பற்றி அந்த இளைஞர்களிடம் கணேசன் சொல்ல.. நம்மோடும் மவுனத்தால் பேசினார்கள் அந்த இளைஞர்கள். அதை நமக்கு மொழியாக்கம் செய்தார் கணேசன். “வீட்டில் எவ்வளவு நேரம்தான் வெறுமனே உட்கார்ந்திருப்பது? பணியிடங்களிலும் மற்றவர்கள் சொல்வதை எங்களால் கேட்கமுடியாது, அவர்களுடன் உரை யாடவும் முடியாது. இந்த நிலையில், தான் எங்களுக்கான மனமகிழ் மன்றமாக பாக்கியராஜின் கடையை பயன்படுத்துகிறோம். எங்களது சுக - துக்கங்கள் அனைத்தையும் இங்கே எங்கள் பாஷையில் தயக்கிமின்றி பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறோம். உள்ளூர் நிலவரம் தொடங்கி உலக அரசியல் வரை பேசுகிறோம்.

ஒவ்வொருவரும் வெவ்வேறு இடத்திலிருந்து வந்தாலும் ஒருமித்த எண்ணமும், சம வயதும் எங்களுக்கே உரித்தான இந்த மவுன பாஷையும் எங்களை ஒன்றாகச் சேர்த்துவிட்டது. இங்கே கூடவேண்டும்.. அங்கே போக வேண்டும்.. என்பதான எங்களுக்கான சந்திப்புகளை எஸ்.எம்.எஸ். மூலமாக உறுதிப்படுத்திக் கொள்கிறோம்.

மொத்தத்தில், வாய் பேசமுடியவில்லையே என்ற மன அழுத்தம் இல்லாமல் நாங்கள் இயல்பாய் இருக்கிறோம்” என்று கணேசன் மொழி யாக்கம் செய்து முடிக்க, அந்த இளைஞர்கள் அனைவரும் வெற்றிச் சின்னம் காட்டி நமக்கு விடைகொடுத்தார்கள்.

Kerala's Syro Malabar Church creates history with first Holy Mass for the hearing-impaired

11.09.2017

KOCHI: Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad, headquarters of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala, on Monday witnessed a 'silent revolution' of sorts.

In a new beginning for the church in Kerala, and perhaps the church in India, the Syro-Malabar Church, in a first of its kind initiative, conducted a mass for the hearing and speech impaired. George Cardinal Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, celebrated the mass which was translated into sign language by experts.

The mass in sign language is an initiative of the Syro Malabar Pro-life Apostolate chaired by Bishop Mar Mathew Arakkal, Bishop Mar Jose Pulikkal, and Mar Remijios Inchananiyil as members.

Earlier, the St George’s Church in Edappally celebrated the first mass with translation by a sign language expert on August 5.

“When the Pro-life Apostolate suggested the idea of including the hearing-impaired, church head Cardinal Mar George Alencherry was all for it,” Pro-Life Apostolate secretary Sabu Jose told Express.

Till now, there was no platform in the church for the hearing and speech impaired. With the mass on Monday for hearing and speech impaired, the Syro Malabar Church hopes other denominations will also follow suit.

Church officials said plans are also afoot to launch a premarital course for this marginalised section. Though in the initial stage, the mass started with ‘translation’, priests who have learned sign language will soon celebrate the mass in sign language.

The official go-ahead for the mass for the hearing and speech impaired was taken at the Syro-Malabar synod held at Mount St Thomas from August 21-September 1.

Sr Abhaya, who teaches the hearing and speech impaired as principal in-charge of the St Clare Badhira Vidyalayam, Manickamangalam, was one of the experts who translated the mass into sign language.

2017 Global Deaf Aid Market analysis and Industry Forecast

10.09.2017
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Starkey
Widex
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Beltone
Interton
Audina
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Coselgi
Audio Service
AST Hearing
Lisound

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ITE
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Speech and hearing impaired sportspersons showcase sporting qualities at Punjab state Badminton championship

10.09.2017
BARNALA: Nearly a hundred speech and hearing impaired youths from various places across Punjab participated in the 8th Punjab state deaf Badminton championship held on Sunday at Barnala Club, Barnala.

The championship organised by Punjab deaf and dumb sports association, Patiala saw the disabled youths showcasing their prowess in sports arena. The disabled young girls, enthused with the remarkable performances of Golden Girls of Badminton PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, attracted the fancy of onlookers with their brilliant game. The championship was inaugurated by Barnala chief judicial magistrate(CJM) Prabhjot Singh and appreciated the learning qualities of disabled sports persons. The disabled players took the pledge to lay clean game.

Barnala Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that "despite the disability the speech and hearing impaired boys and girls have a lot of potential in educational and sports activities. These disabled children have shown that they have not allowed the disability to let them down".

Barnala Club general secretary Dr. Pardeep Sharma and Rajesh Kumar Kansil, who is chairman of NGO Pawan Sewa Samiti that runs school for speech and hearing impaired at Barnala, said that, "Barnala club is for assistance to disabled sports persons. The club has assured every support to such events for the disabled in future as well."

Barnala SDM Himanshu Gupta distributed the prizes to the winners of championship and appreciated the sporting qualities of disabled players.

Fitness Isn’t Very Accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, but These Women Are Trying to Change That

12.09.2017

When 29-year-old Katie Winder joined a new gym recently in her hometown of Orem, Utah, she received a free personal training session. She was excited for the one-on-one time—especially since she’s a trainer herself, and she was curious to be on the other side of things, getting a client’s perspective.

But when she met the trainer and he realized that she’s deaf, he freaked out. As in, sped-off-like-a-cartoon-rabbit freaked out.

Another gym-goer knew sign language and was working with a different trainer, so she got shuttled over to them while her original trainer disappeared. The experience wasn’t entirely surprising for Winder, who was born with profound bi-lateral deafness, but it was definitely disappointing.

“There are communication barriers,” Winder tells SELF. “But that shouldn’t prevent deaf and hard of hearing from being involved in fitness, nor should it prevent trainers from working with them.”

Overcoming the kind of communication issues she saw at the gym that day was one of the reasons that Winder became a trainer in the first place. In 2011, she moved from a small town in rural Nevada to Utah to pursue a computer science degree at Utah Valley University, but she switched her focus to exercise science after getting more active in sports and going on hiking adventures on weekends.

The more time she spent in the fitness industry, the more she noticed the glaring communication barriers for the deaf and hard of hearing in most gyms and group fitness classes. So in 2016, she decided to become a trainer so she could help make fitness a reality for those people.

Today, Winder trains both hearing and deaf or harding of hearing clients. Though she's always been confident that she could help other deaf people reach their fitness goals, she was initially nervous about working with hearing clients (she was worried they would balk at the idea of a deaf person training them). Turns out, the communication tactics she uses daily in her life—reading body language, using written notes, and doing plenty of demonstration—work well for all her clients, whether they're hearing or not.

For Winder, fitness has transformed her approach to nutrition, self-care, and happiness, and she knows that some who are deaf and hard of hearing could see those same benefits—as long as they get the communication they need.

“I want to help people accomplish their goals and overcome their personal barriers toward leading a healthy lifestyle and enjoying fitness,” she says.

Winder's not the only trainer working to make fitness more accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Here are two more women who are also making an impact:
Meet the fitness blogger who started working out to get over a heartbreak and ended up as an accessibility advocate.

After breaking up with her boyfriend, 26-year-old India Morse, a U.K.-based fitness blogger who was born deaf, was looking for a way to get over her ex and re-channel her energy. Drawing on her love of sports—she used to play soccer in the U.K. as a kid—she decided to start working out several times a week.

Her new routine kicked off a love for healthy living and led her to become a nutrition coach and fitness blogger with an emphasis on supporting those who are deaf or hard of hearing. She’s also studying to become a trainer and is working with gyms in London to set up free fitness classes for deaf people.

"It’s time that somebody stand up and make the world a better place for deaf people," she says. "They deserve so much better in life, but it’s easy to give up because of so many barriers.”

Morse is not a giver-upper, she emphasizes, so she challenges others to follow her lead. Most of all, she encourages those in the fitness industry to work harder at addressing the needs of their students and clients.
Meet the trainer who says that her deafness makes her a better communicator.

“We all have sucky suck times, but I believe in human potential too much to think we can stay stagnant,” says Anne Reuss, a 28-year-old trainer based in Chicago, who’s been deaf since birth. Reuss started her career in marketing but switched to fitness to boost her own confidence, as well as help others who are deaf and hard of hearing. She started with a job at a rock climbing gym and is now a personal trainer at Equinox.

Fitness, she tells SELF, is the perfect platform for people to learn how to embrace obstacles and view them as opportunities—a mentality that applies to many life experiences like dating, changing careers, or going to college. Those have all been areas where being deaf was more challenging for her, she notes. Even her first day working at the climbing gym was a heart-in-throat moment that she calls both terrifying and exhilarating.

Now she’s all about inspiration, and her Instagram is an excellent example. She blends gym selfies, adventure travel, Spartan training, and of course, pizza and wine.

What she’s learned through becoming a personal trainer is that her deafness allows her to be a better communicator. “The client is faced with fewer distractions working with me since it requires more effort to have me as a trainer—in a positive way,” she says. “They are able to internalize the mental and physical connection to fitness rather than become distracted by overly wordy explanations.”

A major part of her passion has been a relentless quest to get those who are deaf and hard of hearing involved in fitness, and to inspire other trainers and fitness professionals to dial up their empathy.

“Becoming a deaf trainer has challenged me to function and thrive in an environment fractured by a lack of empathy,” she says. Many times, she still feels left out while in the "hearing world," but she’s driven by a single purpose: to help others find self-assurance and strength through training.
How can fitness be more accessible to those who are deaf and hard of hearing? Let us count the ways.

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, one in eight people in the United States—about 30 million people—have some level of hearing loss in both ears.

Unfortunately, not every gym, studio, or fitness center has someone like India, Katie, or Anne ready to assist those with hearing issues or deafness. The result might be classes and training sessions that fit into the category of "sucky suck times."

For example, Morse says that some classes are held in a darkened room where it’s impossible to lip-read, which is a problem if the teacher is doing a lot of talking. If those who are deaf or hard of hearing sit in the back—the usual spot for anyone who’s nervous about being new—plenty of visual cues could be missed. It becomes even more challenging if the instructor chooses music that doesn’t have much bass, making it harder to "feel" the beat instead of hearing it.

But what puts those classes into the "what not to do" category can also be instructive for what gyms and trainers should be doing: play music with more bass, invite those with deafness or hearing issues to come to the front at the beginning of class, add in much more movement and demonstrations, and most of all, don’t freak out.

"I’ve attended so many classes, and very few of them have made much effort at accessibility," says Morse. Then she found a gym with trainers who made the kind of thoughtful tweaks she needed—like showing her how to change speed on a treadmill in the lower lighting of a class setting.

For personal training sessions, some sign language can be helpful, even if it’s only a few words, like “lift” or “press.” It really only takes a quick YouTube search to learn a few of the basics. More use of gestures, demos, and even facial expressions can be incredibly helpful, says Winder, as well as writing down instructions or having printed images about certain exercises.

Reuss adds that just asking the question, “How can we make this a better experience for you?” can be a game changer. She says this simple question helps a client and trainer feel like they’re on the same team, and working together toward the client's goals.

All of these are just simple tactics, but they go a long way toward the type of communication that’s crucial for helping those who are deaf and hard of hearing to embrace fitness.

"Have some confidence in your abilities as a trainer to adapt and work with all clients," advises Winder. “We appreciate others seeing us as normal, and we appreciate being included and involved. Don’t feel sorry for us. Just learn to communicate with us."