Organization: Shravana Institute of Speech and Hearing

Project title: Hearing screening of Babies and awareness on NBHS

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Outline of the event:

Kalayana Karnataka are group of four districts in the state of Karnataka, South India which includes district of Bellari. Hospitals in this area do require experts and instrumentation for NBHS but lack in both. The Institute is located in city of Bellari and is running a training program for Audiology and SLP. Therefore it has planned to offer new born hearing screening for babies born in recent days/weeks on 3rd and 4th. It will be offered with no cost to patients or the hospitals. The hearing screening will be carried out in three hospitals of Bellari . The Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences has accepted to be associated with this Program and will help organize this service in their hospital on 04th of March 2024.

Submitter: Suresh Thontadarya