Reported Events Master - World Hearing Day

Org Name Original: Swarsangya Foundation

Altered Org Name: Swarsangya Charitable Trust

Contact First: Swarsangya

Contact Last:Charitable Trust

Project Title: Neonatal hearing screening at Surat: A cross-sectional study to decrease rate of hearing and speech loss in children and spread awareness

Global: Website, Publication, Grant program

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SEAR: India

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Event Purpose: World Report on hearing-related activities, Advocacy with policymakers, Hearing screening

Primary Audience: Policymakers, General public, Children, Adults, Health care workforce

Estimated In Person Reach: Local, Regional

Audience Reached: Newborn and infants, Children and adolescents

Specific Workplace: Healthcare workers, First responders / emergency

Screen Newborn and Infant: 370

Screen Children and Adolecents: 5

Screen Adults: None

Screen Older Adults: None

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Influencer: swarsangya charitable trust

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Social Media: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, Linked In

Social Media Numbers: 600

Event Description:

WHO Educational Materials Used: No

Native Written Language: Gujarati & English

Educational Materials Available in Your Language: No

Did You Translate WHO Materials: No

Would You Consider Assisting Us: No

What Additional Materials Would Be Helpful:

On the Occasion of World hearing day Swarsangya Charitable Trust (formerly Swarsangya Foundation, Surat) organized a free Hearing Screening Camp for Neonates at Surat city of Gujrat. Though Surat is metropolitan city of India but lagging behind in case of neonatal hearing screening after birth or before discharge from the hospital. We have observed lack of awareness about the importance of hearing screening of new born babies. We strongly believe that spreading awareness through Information flyer through social media, awareness program at maternity hospital at regular intervals.
We have organised hearing screening camp for new born baby on World Hearing Day. Information about the camp was spread in the city through banners, pamphlets, radio channel and through post in social media platform. Good number of parents with their new-born babies reached us for OAE Screening (Otoacoustic Emission), we screened them and provided them the report immediately. We also explained them the importance of new-born hearing screening and how to identify symptoms of hearing impairment in new born baby thus we spread awareness too. Early hearing screening can reduce the rate of hearing loss in children as early detection accelerates early rehabilitation. Thus hearing loss cases are left untreated in childrens not because they are not treated, it is because large number of parents along with people’s in the society unaware that if the child is screened timely, rehabilitated soon after diagnosis and treatment large number of children who gets deprived of hearing and speech could be able of hearing and speech, the only requirement is awareness and timely screening followed by timely diagnosis and proper rehabilitation. We can reduce the cases of hearing loss in childrens with our joint efforts with maternity hospital, aware parents and people’s.
Our camp got good response and we are happy to share that now parents are approaching us for OAE of their babies if they miss the hearing screening at hospital.

Did You Have A World Hearing Day Event Last Year: Yes, and we submitted a report to the WHF/WHO

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Did You Apply for Grant:Yes we applied, but were not awarded the grant

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Photo 1 caption Newborn Hearing Screening

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Photo 2 caption Screening within 24 Hours of the Birth

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Photo 3 caption Happy Mothers

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