Organization: Dept Of Head & Neck Surgery, SGPGI,Lucknow
Title: Awareness Program and Screening of School Children in Schools with poster competition
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
Awareness program and screening of school children in schools with poster competition.
Description:
As the WHO theme for World Hearing Day for 2026 is ” From communities to classrooms: Hearing care for every child” we are conducting 2 events and awareness programs in two schools in our locality . The programs includes awareness talks for children regarding hearing health , talks for teachers on how to detect hearing loss early and regarding the relevance of World hearing day . Besides this a creative talent event in the form of poster competition will be conducted for students from class 1 to 8 and prizes will be distributed on the occasion of world hearing day. A hearing screening event will also be conducted for the children using clinical ear examination , tuning fork tests and audiometry . Those children who require further evaluation for surgical intervention or rehabilitation will be given referal to our centre.
Primary site: SEAR- India
Region: SEAR
Impactful Story:
Department of Head & Neck surgery SGPGI done an awareness campaign in 2 schools,poster competition and hearing screening and special assembly for class1-8 for prevention of hearing loss and early diagnosis and awareness.School teachers and students were educated regarding diagnosis of early hearing loss and winners of posters were felicitated with certificates and gold medals.
General Photos
Certificate Distribution for winners of poster Competition
Display of winning posters
Hearing Screening camp
Special school assemly on world hearing day
Types of Engagement:
Live event: Yes
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: persons with disabilities (including hearing loss), children and adolescents
Met with individual policymaker: No
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: No
WHO technical tool used: Yes
WHO educational and social media used: No