Ninety percent of deaf and dumb children could regain hearing

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Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital say many children with hearing and speech impairment could regain these abilities with proper care.

Dr. Joseph Opoku Boateng, the Head of the Dental Ear, Eye Nose and Throat Directorate, said that up to 90 per cent of such children have partial conditions which can be improved with hearing aids, adding that methodical screening can identify those who would respond to help or treatment.

Komfo Anokye Hospital is partnering with the Starkey Hearing Foundation of the United States to screen over 900 deaf and dumb children.

The beneficiaries, mostly from deaf schools in the Ashanti Region, will also receive free maintenance on their hearing aid kits for three years.

Dr. Boabeng tells Luv News the team hopes that the exercise will bring relief to many of the children.

He says a technical team will be trained in Ghana to service the hearing aids that will be supplied to the children.
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Ninety percent of deaf and dumb children could regain hearing | Local News
 
Of course, hearing aids are an option.

This article makes it sound like... "OMG! Did you know that it's possible for some deaf people to wear hearing aids to help improve their hearing?" Duh... That's been discovered years ago.
 
I have a feeling that if I give out a like for everyone who thought this article was from the 19th century I would break the alldeaf.com web site. So, I'm not going to do that. You're welcome..

I hope the people and, more importantly, those doctors in that article get help as quickly as possible!
 
whatdidyousay! said:
But the OP is not from Africa and did not have to use the word 'Dumb', they know the language.
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That is a repost of an article, using the original title.

They even still use that terminology in Scotland...
 
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