Organization: Avenue Hospital, Park Audiology & ENT Centre and Pumwani Maternity Hospital
Project title: Paediatric Hearing Screening and hearing health awareness to new mothers
Primary region: AFR
Country: Kenya
Event Description:
The event will be hosted at Pumwani maternity hospital where they have both a new born unit (with approximately 100 children born daily) and the post natal clinic. Hearing loss especially in babies is shadowed with alot of misconceptions and attributed to being a result of witchcraft or even as a result of a taboo committed by the mother. In cases of ear infection, there is great tendencies to rely on self diagnosis. Parents also feel confused when they notice that their babies are not hitting milestones related to speech development and do not know that the earlier hearing loss is detected the better it can be managed to enable children not miss out on the initial years of speech development. The event is aimed at changing mindsets and empowering parents in regards to paediatric hearing health care.
Submitter: Osicho Christine