Org Name Original: Leiden University Medical Center
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Contact First: H. Christiaan
Contact Last:Stronks
Project Title: World Hearing Day
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EUR: Netherlands
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Event Purpose: Launch/promote the safe listening standards, Awareness-raising, Education and training, Leiden European City of Science 2022 event
Primary Audience: General public, Children, Adults
Estimated In Person Reach: Local
Audience Reached: General Public, Children and adolescents, Adults
Specific Workplace: No
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Social Media: Facebook, Youtube, Linked In, Museum Corpus website
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Event Description:
Three rounds of activities of 1 hour each were organized, including interactive presentations by two distinguished audiologists; various hearing tests, including speech-in-noise testing, testing ones highest perceivable acoustic frequency, and lipreading practice; an interactive setup where children could surgically place tympanostomy tubes; a silent disco; two exhibits with WHO materials (translated into Dutch) on hearing preservation; live violin music accompanied by a live dancer to show how much cochlear implant users can actually hear and how much they can achieve in their lives .
WHO Educational Materials Used: No
Native Written Language: Dutch
Educational Materials Available in Your Language: No
Did You Translate WHO Materials: Dutch
Would You Consider Assisting Us: Dutch
What Additional Materials Would Be Helpful:
Did You Have A World Hearing Day Event Last Year: Yes, but we did not submit a report
Other Suggestions:
Make small grant money available before the event;
Did You Apply for Grant:Yes, we were awarded the grant
Photo 1 https://worldhearingday.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/LUMC_1-1.jpg
Photo 1 caption Children performing a tympanostomy for dummies
Photo 2 https://worldhearingday.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/LUMC_2-1.jpg
Photo 2 caption Interactive presentations
Photo 3 https://worldhearingday.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/LUMC_3-1.jpg
Photo 3 caption WHO materials
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