Organization: Goverment Medical College, Omandurar Estate, Chennai, India
Project title: Multifaceted Community based Approach to Screen the Hearing status
Regions: Southeast Asia – throughout the region, India
Outline of the event:
1) Community Based Project: study on Assessment of Hearing Damage Among Shop Keepers In Busy Roads Using Head phones via Mobile Application (NIOSH sound level meter to Measure the surrounding noise levels & hearWHO App for assessment of hearing) 2) Health Education using the World Hearing Day Promotional Material in local language by Medical Interns in schools every Monday from February to March month based on the year theme. 3) Conducted Rangoli floweral decoration competition for Medical students on World Hearing Day 2023. 4) IEC health education material development assignment to the medical students and Medical interns. 5) World hearing loss, Health Education Campaign in social Networking sites like Instagram, Facebook, youtube. 6) CME meeting on World Hearing Day theme topic Organised combined with ENT and Community Medicine Department. 7) Training workshop using the hearWHOapp for the Non communicable Disease clinic health professionals to screen routinely among the geriatric population
Submitter: Kirubakaran S